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US Representative - District 16 — Florida
2409 Rayburn House Office Building
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93
Full compliance
Voted on 614 of 682 recorded roll calls (68 missed).
Source: Congress.gov / House Clerk / Senate roll-call records view
Annual financial disclosure on file for 2025.
Source: House Clerk / Senate Public Records annual PFD filings view
Top 10 donors account for 21% of 66 itemized receipts.
Source: FEC itemized receipts (Schedule A) view
Not scored — no records
These components carry no weight for this official. Absent records are not counted as failures — the remaining weights are rescaled to 100%.
Salary: public record. Net worth: midpoint estimate from financial-disclosure asset brackets (range shown below it; not exact). Campaign totals: FEC filings.
Counts from the roll-call and sponsorship record. No composite score and no ideology rating — just the underlying numbers, each with what it is measured against.
Votes cast
608
of 676 roll calls · 10.1% missed
Bills sponsored
209
1,916 cosponsored
Committees
2
standing committees
In office
19.8
years, this term
Party unity
97.2%
Vern Buchanan sided with the majority of Republicans on 589 of 606 votes where their party took a clear position, breaking ranks 17 times.
Counts Yea and Nay only. “Present” takes no side, so counting it as breaking ranks would penalize something that isn't. Roll calls where the member's party split evenly are excluded — there is no majority to agree with. This measures voting alongside one's party, which is not the same as ideology, and it is not comparable to DW-NOMINATE. See the methodology.
Chamber median 1.9% · Republican median 1.9% · Compare all members
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What Vern Buchanan did on 11 tracked measures, drawn from the roll-call and sponsorship record. We do not publish a pro- or anti-freedom call on these votes: that requires a coded direction with a cited provision and a reviewer, which the Freedom Voting Score rubric defines and no vote has yet. The Accountability Index above is the score we stand behind.
Protect religious liberty in marriage law
Voted NAY on Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404) on 2022-07-19.
From the official roll-call record.
Oppose expanded government spending
Voted NAY on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376) on 2021-11-19.
From the official roll-call record.
Oppose government industrial subsidies
Voted YEA on CHIPS and Science Act (H.R.4346). Diverged from oppose government industrial subsidies.
From the official roll-call record.
Support lower taxes
Voted YEA on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1) on 2017-12-19.
From the official roll-call record.
Protect gun rights from new restrictions
Voted NAY on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S.2938). Aligned with protect gun rights from new restrictions.
From the official roll-call record.
Support lower taxes
Cosponsored Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1) on 2017-11-02.
From the member’s sponsorship record. Not a floor vote.
Support school choice and education freedom
Cosponsored Educational Choice for Children Act (H.R.531) on 2023-11-03.
From the member’s sponsorship record. Not a floor vote.
Oppose warrantless surveillance of Americans
Voted YEA on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization (H.R.7888) on 2024-04-12.
From the official roll-call record.
Support federal marijuana reform
Voted NAY on MORE Act (H.R.3617) on 2022-04-01.
From the official roll-call record.
Require Congress to approve major regulations
Cosponsored REINS Act (H.R.277) on 2023-01-11.
From the member’s sponsorship record. Not a floor vote.
Require Congress to approve major regulations
Voted YEA on REINS Act (H.R.277) on 2023-06-14.
From the official roll-call record.