- BUCHANAN, VERNON
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- Experience: House: District 16, 2007-Present
- Home State: Florida
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $1,339,109Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Vern Buchanan
- Gender: Male
- Family: Wife: Sandy; 2 Children: Matt, James
- Birth Date: 05/08/1951
- Birth Place: suburb of Detroit, MI
- Home City: Longboat Key, FL
- Religion: Christian
Education
- Masters, Business Administration, University of Detroit, 1986
- Bachelors, Business, Cleary University, 1975
Political Experience
- Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 16, 2007-present
Current Legislative Committees
- Subcommittee on Health (Ways and Means), Member
- Subcommittee on Social Security, Member
- Subcommittee on Trade, Member
- Ways and Means, Member
Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees
- Member, Friends of Panama Caucus
- Chair, Friends of Panama Caucus, present
- Former Member, Small Business Committee, United States House of Representatives
- Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
- Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, United States House of Representatives
- Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Professional Experience
- State Finance Chair, Mel Martinez Senate Campaign
- Businessman
- Served, Michigan Air National Guard, 1970-1976
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Member, Boys and Girls Club
- Member, Community Foundation of Sarasota
- Member, Executive Committee, United States Chamber of Commerce
- Former Chair, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Co-Chair, Republican National Finance Committee
- Former Chair, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Additional Information
Awards:
- Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame 2005
General Survey
Total: 75
Introduced Date | Bill Number | Bill Title | Last Action |
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07/20/2015 | H.R.91 | Veterans Identification Card Act 2015 | 07/20/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-31. (TXT | PDF) (All Actions) |
06/22/2015 | H.R.2774 | Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act | 06/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions) |
06/18/2015 | H.R.2582 | Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015 | 06/18/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
06/16/2015 | H.R.2506 | Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015 | 06/16/2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114. (All Actions) |
05/21/2015 | H.R.2524 | Support Our Start-Ups Act | 05/21/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) |
04/29/2015 | H.R.557 | Retirement Security Act of 2015 | 04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
02/05/2015 | H.R.409 | Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act | 02/05/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions) |
01/22/2015 | H.J.Res.17 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. | 01/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions) |
01/12/2015 | H.J.Res.4 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. | 01/12/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions) |
01/06/2015 | H.R.92 | 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. | 01/06/2015 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions) |
06/09/2014 | H.R.4491 | Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act | 06/09/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions) |
09/24/2013 | H.R.2674 | Job Creation Act of 2013 | 09/24/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (All Actions) |
09/12/2013 | H.Res.343 | Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable E. Clay Shaw, Jr., formerly a Representative of the State of Florida. | 09/12/2013 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions) |
06/28/2013 | H.Res.285 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning, and for other purposes. | 06/28/2013 Referred to House Ways and Means (All Actions) |
04/15/2013 | H.R.1285 | To amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug. | 04/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. (All Actions) |
04/08/2013 | H.R.1081 | Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2013 | 04/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. (All Actions) |
03/13/2013 | H.R.853 | Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund Act of 2013 | 03/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. (All Actions) |
01/25/2013 | H.J.Res.6 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | 01/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. (All Actions) |
01/25/2013 | H.J.Res.5 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. | 01/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. (All Actions) |
01/15/2013 | H.R.276 | To prohibit United States assistance to the country of Egypt. | 01/15/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) |
Total: 985
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