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Over the course of about five years, the downsizing of Central Virginia Training Center transformed from a gradual push to an urgent closure with a looming deadline.It was a change in pace that's left a long and ongoing paper trail in the Virginia capitol and various courthouses — detritus from countless fights by families, advocates and politicians alike.On one side of the… Read more »

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints recently met a milestone in donations to Feeding America Southwest Virginia. According to Bob Frampton, of FASWVA, "The Church has donated a total of 160,000 pounds of foods since 2012". Frampton stated, "This year's donation from the Church helped raise the total pounds of foods donated from 120,000 pounds to 160,000 pounds of foods for… Read more »

A Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee accused Democrats on Friday of putting their desire to impeach President Trump ahead of the needs of the country and the laws of the land."It's their top priority — putting their disdain for the president and politics ahead of the Constitution, the rule of law and the needs of this government and the needs of the people of this… Read more »

A group of lawmakers on Wednesday (Dec. 4) sent a stern letter to the director of the American Law Institute expressing their concerns with a planned Copyright Restatement Project that they believe has the potential to upend copyright law interpretation.The American Law Institute is a century-old organization that compiles and publishes legal books, including "Restatements of the Law,"… Read more »

Representatives regarding President Trump, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced she will proceed with articles of impeachment against Trump."The President leaves us no choice but to act," Pelosi said while announcing her decision.Both Sen. Mark Warner (D) and Rep. Ben Cline (R) reacted to the news. Continue reading... Read more »

At the first House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry hearing, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, denounced what he called the "sham impeachment of this president." Cline is the only Virginia representative on the committee, which spent Wednesday listening to constitutional scholars testifying whether or not President Donald Trump's conduct toward Ukraine rose to the level of… Read more »

It might've been his Thanksgiving-themed quip about the impeachment report being a "half-baked bird." Maybe it was his movie analogy, suggesting Democrats have reached the "Empire Strikes Back" phase of their efforts to oust President Donald Trump, but the rebels will win in the end.Whatever it was that Rep. Ben Cline, a Republican from Western Virginia's 6th District, said on Fox News… Read more »

Rep. Ben Cline walked out of a meeting about the ballooning cost of higher education frustrated. He had just been defeated — again.Cline, a Republican from Botetourt County, put forward a pair of proposals to increase transparency and accountability at higher education institutions as well as to deal with the ease with which people are able to obtain tens of thousands of dollars in… Read more »

Ben Cline started his politics career working for Rep. Bob Goodlatte. After 16 years in the House of Delegates, he joined Congress this year. Continue reading... Read more »

Photos from Rep. Ben Cline's first year in Congress. Read more »