Rep. Vern Buchanan

District:: Florida - District 16
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2013-2015	Representative, Florida's 16^th District
2007-2013	Representative, Florida's 13^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Buchanan is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Buchanan’s bills have had a total of 261 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Buchanan to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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Committee Membership

Vern Buchanan sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade

Bills Sponsored

Some of Buchanan’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2014, Buchanan missed 141 of 5,955 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	53^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	62^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	14^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	68^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	31^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	60^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	10^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	70^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	21^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	7	4.6%	75^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	54^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	6	2.8%	78^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	13	5.3%	84^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	3	1.4%	44^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	66^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	3	1.4%	42^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	17	8.5%	89^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	42^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	14	9.5%	89^th
2014 Apr-Apr	29	5	17.2%	90^th