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Vern Buchanan

U.S. Representative · FL-16 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Aug 4, 2026Method

81 PACs of the 152 that gave

Of the 152 PACs that gave to Buchanan and have a lobbying organization behind them, 81 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

53% · House median: 58%

137 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 137 bills. Buchanan voted Yea on 55, Nay on 4, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 74 with no recorded vote.

$248K of $550K

Those 81 PACs gave Buchanan $248K, 45% of all the PAC money he received.

House median: 41%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $933K.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. H.R. 703 Main Street Tax Certainty Act $44K12 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Jan 23, 2025

  2. H.R. 3898 PERMIT Act $30K7 PACs

    Yea on passage

    Roll 330 · 221–205

    Dec 11, 2025

  3. H.R. 5408 Faster Labor Contracts Act $29.5K10 PACs

    Nay on passage

    Roll 216 · 230–193

    Jun 9, 2026

Top 3 of 161 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 24 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Buchanan 181 PACs

  1. American Society for Radiation OncologyMembership group PAC · funds 57 other members65% to Republicans
  2. National Venture Capital Association VentureMembership group PAC · funds 86 other members53% to Republicans
  3. Abbott LaboratoriesCorporate PAC · funds 96 other members54% to Republicans

All 161 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Buchanan’s own reports

FEC H6FL13148

$933K

raised this cycle · 63% PACs and other committees, 32% individuals (under 1% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), 5% transfers and other

$936K

cash on hand, 100% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Aug 4, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 40 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.

29 of Buchanan’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Buchanan’s leadership PAC (Vote to Elect Republicans Now PAC) is reported separately.