"After 715 DAYS & over 4.5 MILLION illegal border crossings, Joe Biden "intends" to visit the border," Rep-elect Ben Cline, R-Va., tweeted. "I hope Biden follows through, sees firsthand that the border is NOT secure & REMOVES Secretary Mayorkas immediately."
The iconic US Capitol, which houses the two chambers of Congress, reopened to the public on January 3, 2023. The order to close it to outside visitors came in March 2020 at the behest of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) amid the hurried national lockdown surrounding Covid. In the almost three years since that time, only members of Congress, their staffs, or those on official… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-6th, has opened a constituent services office in downtown Winchester.
"You know, we had redistricting last year and an election last year, and we weren't allowed to reach out to folks in the new part of the district until this morning," Cline said at Monday's ribbon cutting at 100 N. Loudoun St., Suite 120. "We want everybody to open their newspapers and see… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, who represents Virginia’s 6th Congressional District, voted against the $1.7 trillion government funding bill that passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 24.
The bill sought to avoid a partial federal government shutdown and provided an additional $45 billion to the war effort in Ukraine.
In a press release, Cline, a Republican, referred to the bill as a… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, who represents Virginia’s 6th Congressional District, voted against the $1.7 trillion government funding bill that passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 24.
The bill sought to avoid a partial federal government shutdown and provided an additional $45 billion to the war effort in Ukraine.
In a press release, Cline, a Republican, referred to the bill as a… Read more »
A major responsibility of the US Congress is to create and pass a budget for each upcoming fiscal year. The federal fiscal year ends September 30, and the last time Congress had approved a timely budget by October 1 was in the late 1990s, during the second Clinton administration. Since that time, leadership of both houses of Congress has passed back and forth between both parties.
It has… Read more »
Today, Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) released the below statement following his vote against the over $1.7 TRILLION, 4,155-page omnibus spending package, which will skyrocket America’s national debt and worsen the inflation crisis that Virginians are suffering from.
“Democrats’ bloated omnibus spending spree represents what’s wrong with Washington: a… Read more »
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday aiming to avoid a government shutdown deadline of midnight Friday.
The bill’s passage comes after a chaotic week that included an address to Congress from the Ukrainian President, a rush of opposition from some Republicans, and looming winter storms that could leave travelers stranded… Read more »
"Dropped early this morning is a 4,155-page $1.7 TRILLION spending bill, and they’re expecting us to pass it without time to read it? This is what’s wrong with Washington: late night, back room deals to spend more of YOUR MONEY," Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., wrote.
Republican congressman Ben Cline of Virginia said Tuesday on Newsmax that the $1.7 trillion bipartisan spending package is "a countdown for this country to insolvency."
On "Spicer & Co.," the representative insisted "members should be ashamed to vote for" the 4,155-page omnibus bill, which includes nearly 3,000 earmarks and "$2 billion for the Department of Defense to… Read more »