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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 »

Last year a bipartisan group in Congress passed a sweeping law to address the opioid crisis. But the opioid epidemic continues to rage in states like Virginia and there's a new Congress, yet the crisis isn't talked about much at the Capitol these days.Some lawmakers in the Commonwealth want that to change.The bipartisan opioid law that President Trump signed last year aims to train… Read more »

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Congressman Ben Cline said Tuesday that no one is above serving. So, that's exactly what he did at Roanoke's Rescue Mission.He toured the facility, including the warehouse where hundreds of boxes are packed each week that are then given out each Saturday to families in need.Continue reading... Read more »

Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom — who were convicted in the horrific 1985 slayings of Haysom's parents — were granted parole Monday and will be released to immigration officials for deportation to their home countries of Germany and Canada, respectively. Derek and Nancy Haysom were murdered in their Bedford County home in a crime instigated by Haysom and carried out by… Read more »