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U.S. House · Florida, District 16

Vern Buchanan

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 4, 2007Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Buchanan has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

54 Yes · 0 No · 6 Did not vote
Confirmed from the official record

The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.

This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.

The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Buchanan is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Buchanan votes Yes on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Buchanan votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Epstein Files Transparency Act; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, Buchanan votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Buchanan votes to cancel 24 and against cancelling 0. The rules Buchanan votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

Buchanan votes the same way as most House Republicans on all 54 of these Yes and No votes.

Buchanan did not vote on the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, the Local Access to Courts Act, the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants and the Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act.

Votes on laws that passed

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Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

What this member says about laws and orders

This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases.

From the official record

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From this member’s press releases

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Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $22,515,100 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstitutePublic Law 119-74Quantum-Inspired Imaging for BioEngineering ResearchDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$750,000
Manatee Children's Services, Inc.Public Law 119-74Manatee Children's ServicesDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$605,550
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e FL Hillsborough C Aquifer RechaEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$750,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e FL Hillsborough C ExpansionEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$2,000,000
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstitutePublic Law 119-74Quantum-Inspired Imaging for BioEngineering ResearchDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$750,000
Manatee Children's Services, Inc.Public Law 119-74Manatee Children's ServicesDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$605,550
FLPublic Law 119-7551st Street West Extension, Manatee CountyDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsFL$1,500,000
FLPublic Law 119-75State Road 64 Traffic Congestion Alternatives, City of BradentonDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsFL$1,000,000
FLPublic Law 119-75Pedestrian Greenway Corridor, New College of FloridaDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsFL$800,000
University of South FloridaPublic Law 119-75Center for EntrepreneurshipDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundFL$3,000,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Manatee CountyPublic Law 119-75Gateway Greenway Rails to TrailsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundFL$1,500,000
Manatee CountyPublic Law 119-75Veterans Service CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundFL$2,800,000
City of BradentonPublic Law 119-75Stormwater FacilitiesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundFL$3,000,000
City of Holmes BeachPublic Law 119-75Spine Flood ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundFL$1,500,000
The Town of Longboat KeyPublic Law 119-86Longboat Key Storm Resiliency ProjectFEMA · Federal Assistance-PDMFL$1,954,000

2 rows here have the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.

Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.

Online ads

No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.

Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.

Campaign money

For the 2026 election cycle, Buchanan's campaign reports receiving $929,859.45 and reports spending $983,349.77, as of June 30, 2026.

Confirmed from the official record
What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number H6FL13148as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H6FL13148as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$929,859.45$1,824,538.71
Money spent (total disbursements)$983,349.77$2,158,676.09
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$995,723.03$1,049,213.35
Debts (owed by the committee)$0.00$0.00

Where it comes from

Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number H6FL13148as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H6FL13148as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$293,813.00$487,133.75
Individuals, unitemized$2,555.26$39,274.67
Other political committees$589,009.50$1,234,600.00
Party committees$0.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00

Committees

Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.

See contributions by size and by state, and the saved FEC files

Where this comes from

We saved our own copy of each official House vote file listed here before writing this page. A code beside a file is its fingerprint, a short code that changes if the file's contents change.

Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Image courtesy of the Member
0f7c1e07115ee4cdConfirmed from the official record
House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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