Vern Buchanan

20 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2007

• Representative FL-13 2007–present

• background Born May 8, 1951; a businessman and Air Force National Guard veteran
• background In business for over 30 years; chaired the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Chamber of Commerce
• role A Republican who first entered Congress in 2007, representing Florida's 13th district until redistricting
• role U.S. Representative for Florida's 16th congressional district (anchored by Bradenton) since 2013
• role Serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax, trade, health care, and Social Security
• background Announced on January 27, 2026 that he would not run for re-election in 2026

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $117,799 · 85 receipts

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 45
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 225 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 45 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 4
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 177
  Disclosed stock trades →

  0 tickers · 122 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

  Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Vern Buchanan. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Health Subcommittee Chair · oversees Health
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Ways and Means Committee · oversees Finance, Health
• Trade Subcommittee

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Buchanan most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Buchanan connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov