Bipartisanship
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Oct 24, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Commerce; Health · Source
85%
of statements discuss policy, in the top 5% of House Republicans
85% of 1,885 statements discuss policy (1,609 statements); the average for House Republicans is 68%. Ranks 6th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.
An AI model reads each of Buchanan’s posts on X, press releases, newsletters and Congressional Record speeches and marks whether it discusses a specific policy. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Republicans and ranked against the same group.
At a glance
6 measures against House Republicans. 61% of Buchanan’s statements claim credit, 1.6 times the House Republican average of 37%. Buchanan missed 9.9% of 674 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of House Republicans (average 96.3%).
The measures on which Buchanan sits furthest from the middle of House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Policy discussion
85%
House Republicans average 68% · ranks 6th of 221
Credit claiming
61%
House Republicans average 37% · ranks 6th of 221
Attendance
90.0%
House Republicans average 96.3% · ranks 205th of 221 · 674 roll calls
Bipartisanship
17%
House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 22nd of 221
Small donations, 2026
0.9%
House Republicans’ median 9.4% · ranks 198th of 220
CSIP ideology
+0.76
Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01
Peer group: House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Buchanan, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Buchanan is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Buchanan says
Buchanan attacks opponents personally less than 62% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0.6% of 1,885 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 140th of 221.
An AI model reads each of Buchanan’s 1,885 statements in the 119th Congress (1,554 posts on X, 239 press releases, 79 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
0%80%
Buchanan
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,609 statements
85%
68%
6th of 221
Credit claiming1,146 statements
61%
37%
6th of 221
Bipartisanship323 statements
17%
9%
22nd of 221
Policy criticism285 statements
15%
15%
100th of 221
Personal attacks12 statements
1%
2%
140th of 221
Show the data
| Row | Buchanan | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 85% | 68% |
| Credit claiming | 61% | 37% |
| Bipartisanship | 17% | 9% |
| Policy criticism | 15% | 15% |
| Personal attacks | 1% | 2% |
1,885
statements classified
1,554 posts on X, 239 press releases, 79 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,554 |
| press releases | 239 |
| newsletters | 79 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 13 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Buchanan; the thin grey bar is the average House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Buchanan does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Buchanan used extreme labels in 1.1% of statements, 37% of the peer average. 21 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.
- “radical”7
- “far left”5
- “extreme”2
- “woke”2
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- Democrats3
- activists1
- Biden administration1
- counterproposal1
- DEI programs1
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 49 | 0.0% | 34.7% | 87.8% | 38.8% | 73.5% | 2.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 59 | 1.7% | 22.0% | 86.4% | 20.3% | 59.3% | 1.7% |
| Mar ’25 | 64 | 3.1% | 18.8% | 71.9% | 21.9% | 40.6% | 3.1% |
| Apr ’25 | 102 | 2.0% | 15.7% | 80.4% | 18.6% | 57.8% | 1.0% |
| May ’25 | 153 | 0.7% | 7.8% | 81.7% | 6.5% | 56.9% | 1.3% |
| Jun ’25 | 130 | 1.5% | 7.7% | 86.2% | 4.6% | 56.1% | 2.3% |
| Jul ’25 | 139 | 0.0% | 12.2% | 87.8% | 11.5% | 69.8% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’25 | 92 | 1.1% | 5.4% | 80.4% | 6.5% | 54.4% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 124 | 0.8% | 12.1% | 79.8% | 21.0% | 62.9% | 0.8% |
| Oct ’25 | 97 | 2.1% | 58.8% | 87.6% | 20.6% | 44.3% | 6.2% |
| Nov ’25 | 111 | 0.0% | 32.4% | 87.4% | 20.7% | 56.8% | 2.7% |
| Dec ’25 | 124 | 0.0% | 12.9% | 92.7% | 13.7% | 69.3% | 0.8% |
| Jan ’26 | 91 | 0.0% | 8.8% | 91.2% | 14.3% | 62.6% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’26 | 97 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 85.6% | 23.7% | 78.3% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 76 | 0.0% | 22.4% | 89.5% | 21.1% | 60.5% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’26 | 67 | 0.0% | 11.9% | 92.5% | 14.9% | 58.2% | 0.0% |
| May ’26 | 58 | 0.0% | 12.1% | 79.3% | 31.0% | 63.8% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 67 | 0.0% | 7.5% | 83.6% | 22.4% | 67.2% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’26 | 71 | 0.0% | 5.6% | 91.5% | 21.1% | 69.0% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 41 | 0.0% | 2.4% | 80.5% | 24.4% | 51.2% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 46 | 0.0% | 8.7% | 84.8% | 15.2% | 58.7% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 27 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 85.2% | 29.6% | 59.3% | 0.0% |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
In Buchanan’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Personal attacks
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Oct 18, 2025 · Posts on X · personal attacks; target: Democrats · Source
Extreme label
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Dec 7, 2025 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Energy; extreme label “extreme” aimed at fuel standards · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · target: DemocratsSource
Press releases
ICYMI: Buchanan Sounds Alarm on Democrats’ Shutdown Hurting Florida Families in Sarasota Herald-Tribune Op-Ed “Democrats are Prolonging an Unnecessary Shutdown” WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan penned an op-ed in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune outlining how the ongoing Democrat-led government shutdown is harming hardworking Florida families, service members and small businesses across the state. If Senate…
personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · Economics and Public Finance · Taxation · Transportation and Public Works · Health · Immigration · Armed Forces and National Security · Commerce · target: Chuck SchumerSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Economics and Public Finance · Taxation · target: BidenSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · target: Joe BidenSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Taxation · Economics and Public Finance · target: DemocratsSource
All 1,885 statements
Newest first, the 119th Congress
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,554 posts on X, 239 press releases, 79 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches.
Policy
Health is what Buchanan talks about most: 32% of policy statements, 2.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 44th of 221).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Buchanan talks about. The bills Buchanan sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Buchanan talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%35%
Buchanan
Peers
Health507 statements
32%
15%
Economics and Public Finance293 statements
18%
19%
Taxation289 statements
18%
10%
Armed Forces and National Security212 statements
13%
24%
Crime and Law Enforcement160 statements
10%
12%
Show the data
| Row | Buchanan | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 32% | 15% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 18% | 19% |
| Taxation | 18% | 10% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 13% | 24% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 10% | 12% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Buchanan’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | House Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | House Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 32% | 15% | 16% | 11% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 18% | 19% | 2% | 2% |
| Taxation | 18% | 10% | 25% | 9% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 13% | 24% | 10% | 8% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 10% | 12% | 9% | 9% |
0.69
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 44th of 221.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Buchanan legislates on exactly the areas Buchanan talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Buchanan sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Buchanan sits at +0.76 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 80% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.75 to +0.78, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,855 donors and 7,159 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
+0.76
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.75 to +0.78. From 2,855 donors and 7,159 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Buchanan, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Buchanan’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Buchanan sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
House Republicans221 · median +1.0
All House439 · median +0.3
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Buchanan |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Republicans | 221 | +1.0 | 19% |
| All House | 439 | +0.3 | 59% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Buchanan in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Buchanan.
Money
Buchanan raised $890.5K in the 2026 cycle, below the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 0.9% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 54% of itemized individual money came from Florida.
Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.
$890.5K
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 124 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
- Itemized individual (over $200)33 squares$293.8K
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$2,555
- PACs and other committees66 squares$589.0K
- Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$5,121
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $293.8K | 33.0% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $2,555 | 0.3% |
| PACs and other committees | $589.0K | 66.1% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $5,121 | 0.6% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $3.6M |
| 2022 cycle | $4.6M |
| 2024 cycle | $1.8M |
| 2026 cycle | $890.5K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 54% came from Florida.
- Florida$96.8K
- Virginia$30.8K
- District of Columbia$14.6K
- Utah$5,141
- Alabama$3,500
Small donations
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 House Republicans’ median.
0%60%
Buchanan
Median
2026
1%
9%
2024
7%
9%
2022
5%
9%
2020
6%
9%
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| Row | Buchanan | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 1% | 9% |
| 2024 cycle | 7% | 9% |
| 2022 cycle | 5% | 9% |
| 2020 cycle | 6% | 9% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Florida | $96.8K |
| Virginia | $30.8K |
| District of Columbia | $14.6K |
| Utah | $5,141 |
| Washington | $3,500 |
| Indiana | $3,500 |
| Missouri | $3,500 |
| West Virginia | $3,500 |
| Alabama | $3,500 |
| Georgia | $3,500 |
| Connecticut | $3,000 |
| California | $2,535 |
| Maryland | $2,500 |
| New Hampshire | $2,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,000 |
| North Carolina | $500 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Vermont | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Illinois | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| Michigan | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Massachusetts | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| New Jersey | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Texas | No data |
124
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
54%
from Florida
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Florida. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 0.3% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 2.4% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 0.5% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 2.5% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 4.6% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 0.8% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 20% |
| CSIP +0.75 to +1.00 | 66% |
| CSIP +1.00 to +1.25 | 3.1% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Buchanan’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Buchanan’s own score is +0.76.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- HOMEMAKER$25.0K 5 donors
- CONSULTANT$18.3K 11 donors
- ATTORNEY$17.8K 7 donors
- OWNER$16.0K 4 donors
- CEO$15.5K 6 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY PAC (''ASTRO-PAC'')$9,000
- NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION VENTUREPAC$6,000
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC$5,000
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- MCIVER CLINIC$7,500 3 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Buchanan voted with the majority of House Republicans on 96.2% of party-line votes and missed 9.9% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Buchanan voted against the majority of House Republicans 17 times.
674 roll calls Buchanan could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Republicans. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Buchanan voted with the majority of House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
17
votes against the majority of House Republicans
Party unity 96.2%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 181st of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Buchanan, the thin grey bar the House Republicans average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Buchanan
Peers
Rank
Attendance
90.0%
96.3%
205th of 221
Party unity
96.2%
97.1%
181st of 221
Show the data
| Row | Buchanan | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 90.0% | 96.3% |
| Party unity | 96.2% | 97.1% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.
Key votes
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Did not vote | — | Passed | D 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became law | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision” On Passage | Did not vote | — | Passed | D 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Did not vote | — | Passed | D 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | party crossover | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became law · party crossover |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Buchanan most often
- Mike JohnsonR479 shared votes99%
- John MoolenaarR605 shared votes99%
- Ken CalvertR605 shared votes98%
- Hal RogersR595 shared votes98%
- Mike RogersR594 shared votes98%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Buchanan least often
- Adelita GrijalvaD351 shared votes22%
- Rashida TlaibD595 shared votes23%
- Delia RamirezD579 shared votes24%
- James WalkinshawD384 shared votes24%
- Frederica WilsonD443 shared votes25%
How to read the agreement lists
The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.
Full voting record
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Legislation
Buchanan sponsored 46 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 234 others. 11% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 129th of 216).
The bills Buchanan sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 46 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 234 | 234 | 28 | 3 | 2 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Buchanan sponsored, ochre blocks bills Buchanan cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
11%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 129th of 216.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Buchanan, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Claudia Tenney28
- Brian Fitzpatrick26
- Daniel Webster26
- W. Steube23
- Gus Bilirakis22
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Buchanan’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| H.R. 10789 | Protecting Florida's Offshore Military Readiness Act | Cosponsor | Oct 9, 2026 | In committee | Energy | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 9, 2026 |
| H.R. 10554 | SCREEN Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Sep 24, 2026 | In committee | Crime and Law Enforcement | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 24, 2026 |
| H.Con.Res. 119 | Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps, and commending its volunteers and contributions to global peace, friendship, and development. | Cosponsor | Sep 21, 2026 | In committee | International Affairs | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sep 21, 2026 |
| H.Res. 1524 | Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week". | Cosponsor | Sep 10, 2026 | In committee | Environmental Protection | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Sep 10, 2026 |
| H.R. 10073 | Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Aug 10, 2026 | In committee | Environmental Protection | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Aug 10, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 50 times in 90 days. Buchanan’s official site had 21 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Buchanan posted on Oct 26, 2026.
The lab crawls Buchanan’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Buchanan posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 21
pages crawled
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How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
- XVernBuchanan
- FacebookCongressmanBuchanan
- Instagramrepvern
- YouTubevernbuchanan
- Emailvern.buchananenews@mail.house.gov
Images Buchanan posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
A suited man resembling Donald Trump stands beside an aircraft on an airport tarmac, speaking with another man. Several uniformed personnel and officials stand nearby as another suited man descends the aircraft stairs. The plane bears an official presidential seal and other text.View post 
Two men in suits pose together on an airport tarmac in front of a large airplane. No text is visible.View post 
A man in a dark suit and red tie stands on an airport tarmac in front of a large presidential aircraft, with boarding stairs and airport personnel nearby. Text is visible on the aircraft.View post 
A minimalist political campaign graphic on a light background. It features a large bold headline with a red underline, a smaller quotation with oversized quotation marks, and campaign branding along the bottom.View post 
A political campaign-style graphic on a light background, featuring a large bold statement about permanent daylight saving time and a smaller campaign logo along the bottom. It contains text.View post
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Buchanan is most unusual among House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- B001260
- Bioguide
- B001260
- FEC candidate ids
- H6FL13148
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
- Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
- Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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