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Institutional context

This member's profile: MODERATE β€” 0.9% of PAC dollars from tagged committees; 69.2% on pinned Israel/aid votes since 2024.

Official portrait of Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan

Rep. FL-16

MODERATE

PAC dependency

0.9%

Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).

Tagged / total PAC

$12,034 / $1,273,473

Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio β€” every line links to FEC.

Peer context

More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 47% of House colleagues.

Tagged committeeFEC IDAmountSource
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACC00797670$12,034Receipts Β· Committee

Score rule: influence_formula_v1

Margin test

Tagged PAC $12,034 Β· 2024 general margin 78,891 votes (0.15Γ—)

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives β†’

Post–Oct 7 delta

PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).

0.0%

Pre–Oct 7

1.3%

Post–Oct 7

+1.3pp

Change

Influence stack

Layer toggles

Default ON: direct PAC + documented IE. LDA and FARA live in separate sections β€” we never merge buckets.

  • Direct PACOn

    Objective

    FEC committee β†’ candidate contributions (PAS2 bulk). Default ON.

  • LDA lobbying

    Fuzzy match

    Lobbying Disclosure Act filings β€” confidence-scored member links. Separate bucket.

    Open β†’
  • FARA foreign gov

    Separate tab

    Foreign-agent registration spend β€” never merged with domestic PAC totals.

    Open β†’

Share card

Screenshot-ready receipt β€” OG image at /share/B001260.svg

israelmademedoit.com

Vern Buchanan

Rep. FL-16

0.9%

PAC dependency

MODERATE

$12,034 tagged Β· $1,273,473 total PAC

69.2% on pinned Israel/aid votes

Editorial severity from public records. Correlation β‰  causation. Every dollar links to FEC.

Influence breakdown

PAC dependency1
Pinned vote alignment69

Influence Mixer

Change my mind

Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Vern Buchanan. Facts do not change β€” only the formula mix.

Live composite

45

MODERATE

Pinned votes

LDA β€” bills you voted on that registrants lobbied

Fuzzy overlap from lda.gov filing text β€” separate legal bucket from PAC $. Not LD-203 conduit data.

Severity is an editorial composite from public records.See the math β†’