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Vern Buchanan

House · Republican · FL-16
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Serving FL-16 in the 119th Congress.
Previously represented FL-13.
Representing
FL-16
119th Congress
In Congress since
2007
110th Congress
Congresses served
10
Prior districts
1
FL-13

119th Congress

Current
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HouseRepublicanFL-16
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Service window: Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
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118th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
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117th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
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116th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
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115th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
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114th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
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113th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
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112th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
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111th Congress

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Service window: Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
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110th Congress

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Service window: Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
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District offices

Total: 5
Bradenton Office
1051 Manatee Avenue West, Suite 305 · Bradenton FL 34205
Phone: (941) 747-9081
Fax: (941) 748-1564
Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM
Bradenton Office
8433 Enterprise Circle · Bradenton FL 34202
Phone: 941-951-6643
Fax: 771-200-5798
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Brandon Office
510 Vonderburg Drive · Brandon FL 33511
Phone: 813-657-1013
Fax: 771-200-5798
Hours: By appointment only
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Longboat Key Office
5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive · Longboat Key FL 34228
Phone: 941-951-6643
Hours: By appointment only
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Sarasota Office
111 South Orange Avenue, Floor 2R · Sarasota FL 34236
Phone: (941) 951-6643
Fax: (941) 951-2972
Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Recorded votes in the 114th Congress

Showing 50
Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Result: Failed
Your vote
Nay
Voting on a proposed change
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Concurring in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Final passage vote
12/8/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Final passage vote
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/7/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/6/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/6/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
12/6/2016 · House
Result: Passed
Your vote
Not Voting
Whether the House should set aside the pending question
12/6/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Table
Result: Failed
Your vote
Nay
On Motion to Refer
12/6/2016 · House
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/5/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/5/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
12/5/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
On Agreeing to the Conference Report
12/2/2016 · House
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Result: Failed
Your vote
Nay
Voting on a resolution
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Final passage vote
12/1/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
11/30/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a proposed change
11/30/2016 · House
Official question: On Concurring in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/30/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/30/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/29/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/29/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a proposed change
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Result: Failed
Your vote
No
Voting on a proposed change
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Result: Failed
Your vote
No
Voting on a proposed change
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Result: Failed
Your vote
No
Final passage vote
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye
Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Result: Failed
Your vote
No
Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Result: Failed
Your vote
Nay
Final passage vote
11/17/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
11/16/2016 · House
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
11/16/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/15/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
11/15/2016 · House
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/14/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
11/14/2016 · House
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Final passage vote
9/28/2016 · House
Official question: On Passage, The Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding
Result: Passed
Your vote
Yea
Voting on a resolution
9/28/2016 · House
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Result: Passed
Your vote
Aye

Sponsored bills in the 114th Congress

Bills in 114th Congress: 19
Retirement Security for American Workers Act
114hr6396Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced: 11/29/2016
Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (11/29/2016)
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Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016
114hr5456Status: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527.Introduced: 6/13/2016
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527. (6/23/2016)
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What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act
114hr5169Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.Introduced: 5/6/2016
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478. (6/10/2016)
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Main Street Fairness Act
114hr5076Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Introduced: 4/27/2016
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (4/27/2016)
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Preserving Patient Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2016
114hr4650Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Introduced: 2/29/2016
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (3/3/2016)
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To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to search all public records to determine if an alien is inadmissible to the United States.
114hr4301Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.Introduced: 12/18/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (1/15/2016)
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Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016
114hr3957Status: Received in the Senate.Introduced: 11/5/2015
Latest action: Received in the Senate. (9/22/2016)
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Sergeant Charles Martland, a decorated member of the Special Forces, should be reinstated in the United States Army.
114hres451Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.Introduced: 9/30/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (11/23/2015)
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Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2015
114hr3568Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Introduced: 9/18/2015
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (9/18/2015)
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Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act
114hr2774Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.Introduced: 6/15/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (6/22/2015)
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Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
114hr2582Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Introduced: 5/29/2015
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (6/18/2015)
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Support Our Start-Ups Act
114hr2524Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Introduced: 5/21/2015
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (5/21/2015)
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Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
114hr2506Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.Introduced: 5/21/2015
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114. (6/16/2015)
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Retirement Security Act of 2015
114hr557Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.Introduced: 1/27/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (4/29/2015)
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Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act
114hr409Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.Introduced: 1/20/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (2/5/2015)
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
114hjres17Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.Introduced: 1/12/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (1/22/2015)
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
114hjres4Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.Introduced: 1/6/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (1/12/2015)
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Veterans Identification Card Act 2015
114hr91Status: Became Public Law No: 114-31.Introduced: 1/6/2015
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 114-31. (7/20/2015)
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To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.
114hr92Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced: 1/6/2015
Latest action: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (1/6/2015)
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