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Ben Cline on Trade
RepublicanVA
Trade18 votes · 70.8/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade
Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.
28 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 18 of them counted toward the score above: 4 toward “Free trade” and 14 toward “Protectionist”.
The other 10 did not count: 10 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.
| Date | What was voted on | Voted | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | Save Our Shrimpers ActH.R. 2071 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2026-01-12 | Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension ActH.R. 6504 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Free trade |
| 2026-01-12 | Remote Access Security ActH.R. 2683 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2024-09-18 | Anti-BDS Labeling ActH.R. 5179 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2024-09-11 | Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries ActH.R. 9456 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2024-09-11 | Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries ActH.R. 9456 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Nay | Protectionist |
| 2024-04-30 | Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters ActH.R. 529 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-15 | No U.S. Financing for Iran ActH.R. 5921 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2023-07-17 | Global Investment in American Jobs ActH.R. 813 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Protectionist |
| 2023-05-24 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to “Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord with Presidential Proclamation 10414”H.J.Res. 39 · 118th Congress · Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2023-04-28 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to “Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord with Presidential Proclamation 10414”H.J.Res. 39 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2022-07-15 | Formula ActH.R. 8351 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Free trade |
| 2022-07-12 | Reaffirming the economic partnership between the United States and the Caribbean nations and recongnizing the need to strengthen trade and investment between the United States and the Carribbean nations, our “Third Border”H.Res. 1168 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2022-04-07 | Suspending Energy Imports from Russia ActH.R. 6968 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2022-04-07 | Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus ActH.R. 7108 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2022-04-05 | DHS Trade and Economic Security Council ActH.R. 4476 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2022-03-17 | Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus ActH.R. 7108 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2022-03-09 | Suspending Energy Imports from Russia ActH.R. 6968 · 117th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Protectionist |
| 2022-03-09 | Suspending Energy Imports from Russia ActH.R. 6968 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Yea | Free trade |
| 2019-12-19 | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation ActH.R. 5430 · 116th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Free trade |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency ActH.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Protectionist |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency ActH.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2019-11-15 | United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019H.R. 4863 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Protectionist / Free trade axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.