Ben Cline
Republican
· VA-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
65.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.7
vs 118th (72.9)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
2.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,617
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,795
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.9
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$8,003 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$12 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $285.54M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $571K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 51.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 55.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 72.9 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$37,500
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
2.9%
Amount from this network
$36,061
Total from all networks
$1,231,435
Networks contributing
248
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Who funds Cline
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$475,699
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
7
Money that arrived near votes
$18K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
2.42%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ULINE
$6K
IN FINANCIAL PLANNING
$3K
IN FINANCIAL PLANNING
$3K
STRIPE
$2K
APPLE
$2K
ALDERSON INSURANCE AGENCY
$1K
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
$1K
AMERICAN FINANCIAL PLANNING
$500
CHIP HARVEY INSURANCE
$500
CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$16K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
A MORTON THOMAS ASSOCIATES
$12K
CSM
$12K
DYNAMIC AVIATION
$10K
MAGIC CITY FORD
$10K
MCKEE FOODS
$8K
A MORTON THOMAS ASSOCIATES
$7K
ASSOCIATED ASPHALT
$7K
CHARTWELL STRATEGIES
$7K
COMMONWEALTH CARE
$7K
ENIRTEP
$7K
GLOBAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
$7K
GRAND HOME FURNISHINGS
$7K
HOLTZMAN OIL
$7K
MOSS ROCOVICH
$7K
POWER MONITORS
$7K
SHOCKEY MANAGEMENT
$7K
ULINE
$7K
VALLEY PROTEINS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ben Cline comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$8K
AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC.
$8K
RURAL GROUNDGAME 3X
$5K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$3K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
98 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $521K to Ben Cline across 126 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$521K
Shared contributors
98
Contributions
126
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 25 | $153K |
| 2024 | 68 | 72 | $243K |
| 2026 | 25 | 29 | $125K |
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Ben Cline sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required