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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.
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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
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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

Public Law 119-111 · Signed Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes
Public Law 119-100 · Signed Lulu's Law

Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.

House 401–6Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-99 · Signed Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act

Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.

House 404–14Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-98 · Signed Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-97 · Signed Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.

House 405–5Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
S. 1020 · Signed Public Law 119-90

Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.

House 394–14Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-88 · Signed Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025

Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.

House 384–40Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49Votes Yes
Public Law 119-83 · Signed Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act

Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.

House 345–41Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
H.J.Res. 142 · Signed Public Law 119-78

Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.

House 215–210Senate 49–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-75 · Signed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.

House 217–214Senate 71–29Votes Yes
Public Law 119-74 · Signed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15Votes Yes
Public Law 119-64 · Signed Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act

When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.

House 423–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-62 · Signed Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025

Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.

House 413–0Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-61 · Signed Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.

House 416–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-60 · Signed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

The annual defense policy law.

House 312–112Senate 77–20Votes Yes
Public Law 119-58 · Signed Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.

House 399–5Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45Votes Yes
Public Law 119-44 · Signed SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.

House 366–57Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-43 · Signed Medal of Honor Act

Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.

House 424–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-38 · Signed Epstein Files Transparency Act

Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.

House 427–1Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-37 · Signed Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.

House 222–209Senate 60–40Votes Yes
Public Law 119-30 · Signed Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act

Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.

House 372–0Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-29 · Signed Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.

House 388–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-27 · Signed GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Votes Yes
Public Law 119-26 · Signed HALT Fentanyl Act

Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.

House 321–104Senate 84–16Votes Yes
Public Law 119-25 · Signed Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.

House 382–31Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-23 · Signed Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.

House 412–1Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-21 · Signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A broad tax and spending law.

House 218–214Senate 50–50Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 13 · Signed Public Law 119-19

Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

House 220–207Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43Votes Yes
Public Law 119-12 · Signed TAKE IT DOWN Act

Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.

House 409–2Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 18 · Signed Public Law 119-10

Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.

House 217–211Senate 52–48Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 75 · Signed Public Law 119-9

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.

House 214–193Senate 52–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 42 · Signed Public Law 119-8

Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

House 222–203Senate 52–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 24 · Signed Public Law 119-7

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

House 203–182Senate 53–42Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 20 · Signed Public Law 119-6

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.

House 221–198Senate 53–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28Votes Yes
Public Law 119-4 · Signed Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.

House 217–213Senate 54–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-1 · Signed Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35Votes Yes

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Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed Rescissions 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

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Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

Congress printed 13 spending items this member requested, $21,159,550 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
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
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
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
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

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 list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.

Campaign promises

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Online ads

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

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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

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

Who funds this member

Confirmed from the official record

VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESS reports $929,859.45 in total receipts, January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Where the money comes from

Reported as $0: Party committees, The candidate's own contributions, Loans from the candidate, Other loans.

Committees that give the most

192 committees report paying this committee. These are the largest, joint fundraising committees aside.

Committees that report paying this member's campaign committee, largest first
CommitteeKind, as the FEC lists itTotalPayments
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACConnected organization: SMITH VICTORYLeadership PAC$10,0002
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected organization: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONPAC, qualified$10,0002
NATIONAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS TRADE ASSOCIATION PACConnected organization: NATIONAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS TRADE ASSOCIATION PACPAC, qualified$10,0002
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC)Connected organization: UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATEDPAC, qualified$10,0002
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Connected organization: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (ABA)PAC, qualified$7,5003
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC)Connected organization: GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATIONPAC, qualified$6,5003
JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC, qualified$6,5003
NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION VENTUREPACPAC, qualified$6,0003
SALTCHUK RESOURCES, INC. PACConnected organization: SALTCHUK RESOURCES, INC. PACPAC, qualified$5,0001
CARNIVAL/PRINCESS HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC)Connected organization: HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC.PAC, qualified$5,0003

Joint fundraising committees collect checks for several campaigns and pass on each share. Largest for this member: VICTORY 2026 ($42,399.88).

Largest receipts from individuals

Each line is one receipt as the committee itemized it for the FEC. Many people give the same legal maximum, so this is a part of a larger group.

Largest itemized receipts from individuals
Name, as itemizedCity and stateEmployer and occupation, as reportedReceiptDate
HALE, DARWINGiven through a conduit committeeVENICE, FLADVOCATE HEALTH ADVISORS · CEO FOUNDER$3,500
HALE, JENNIFERGiven through a conduit committeeVENICE, FLADVOCATE HEALTH ADVISORS · NATIONAL AGENCY DIRECTOR$3,500
HUGHES, LEIGHSARASOTA, FLSARASOTA BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY · TEACHER$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported
HUGHES, LEIGHSARASOTA, FLSARASOTA BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY · TEACHER$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported
LIEBERMAN, NICOLA CATHERINELONGBOAT KEY, FLHOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER$3,500$5,000 to date, as reported
LIEBERMAN, LARRYSARASOTA, FLBARRINTON GROUP INC. · PRESIDENT$3,500$5,000 to date, as reported
COPELAND, KYMSARASOTA, FLHOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported
COPELAND, KYMSARASOTA, FLHOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported
WEINSTEIN, JOSHUABOSTON, MAFMR LLC · GROUP SQUAD LEADER RETIREMENT INCOME$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported
SOMMER, HARRY J.DAVIE, FLNORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD · CHAIRMAN$3,500$7,000 to date, as reported

Outside spending, apart from contributions

The FEC lists no outside spending for or against this member in 2025 and 2026.

See the full lists for Vern Buchanan

Federal law forbids using contributors' names and addresses taken from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for any commercial purpose (52 U.S.C. 30111(a)(4)).

Source: Federal Election Commission. Period: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Our copy of the FEC's answers was saved October 8, 2026.

Reported stock trades

Confirmed from the official record

The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 lists no Periodic Transaction Report under this member's name and district.

Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.

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