Benjamin Cline
Republican
· VA-6 · 118th 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
72.9
Highly 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
2.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,377
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 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
11.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.9
/ 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
9.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 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
$371,279
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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
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.72M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.62M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Benjamin 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
$997
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 Benjamin 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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Benjamin Cline's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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