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Vern Buchanan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Vern Buchanan did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "A leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade returns the abortion issue to the states — where it belongs. As someone who is committed to protecting the unborn, I will strongly oppose Pelosi’s effort to reinstate Roe through congressional action." (x.com)
  • "Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the abortion issue back to the states – where it belongs. I believe every American, born and unborn, has the God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by the National Right to Life Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I just sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McConnell telling them to protect Social Security and Medicare. As the budget process gets underway, there are plenty of other areas we can and should cut. Seniors deserve to retire with the benefits they have earned." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by the National Committe to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSM) (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against S 610 "Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "On Tax Day, hardworking Americans are reminded of the disastrous effects of Washington’s out-of-control spending spree. Read my latest op-ed blasting Biden's budget and explaining how keeping taxes low is one of the greatest drivers of economic growth." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6760 - Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 (votesmart.org)
  • "On Tax Day, hardworking Americans are reminded of the disastrous effects of Washington’s out-of-control spending spree. Read my latest op-ed blasting Biden's budget and explaining how keeping taxes low is one of the greatest drivers of economic growth." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1280 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 7120 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Now it's about to eliminate the "qualified immunity" that protects officers from being sued in civil court. The chilling effect on law enforcement and harm to recruitment and retention is obvious. I stand with our men and women in blue who risk their lives to protect us. Where do you stand?" (x.com)
  • "President Biden can continue to twist the facts and tout the supposed "benefits" of Bidenomics until he’s blue in the face, but the American people aren’t buying it. In fact, 61% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and only 37% support his handling of the economy." (x.com)
  • "Americans can’t afford another four years of Bidenomics." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 2 "Moving Forward Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3684 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against "HR 8294 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 7301 "Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Stuart Varney hits the nail on the head here.The so-called "Inflation Reduction Act," which would do nothing of the sort, is chock-full of tax increases that get passed along to consumers through increased prices and will inevitably harm middle-class Americans." (x.com)
  • "When even Bernie Sanders admits that the left’s so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" will do little to actually reduce inflation, you know it’s bad. " (x.com)
  • "With inflation at a 40-year high, President Biden is bragging because inflation increased by "just an inch" last month. That’s like celebrating after getting blown out by 5 touchdownsUnfortunately, under President Biden, the real losers are American families." (x.com)
  • "President Biden’s (latest) student loan bailout is yet another desperate attempt to buy votes ahead of his reelection bid and deflect attention away from his failed economic agenda. Forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for the education of a small minority of the population is an insult to the 87% of Americans without student loan debt and those who played by the rules." (x.com)
  • "Thank you, SCOTUS! Pleased to see the highest court in the land rule Biden’s $400 billion student loan bailout UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Taxpayers that made the hard decisions and played by the rules should not be forced to pay the bills of the 13% of Americans with student loan debt." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by National Education Association (NEA) (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 2547 "Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "For once, the president is being transparent. His administration wants to cripple the US oil and gas industry, make America dependent on foreign dictators for oil and embrace radical Green New Deal policies. That's why you're paying higher prices at the pump." (x.com)
  • "President Biden’s war on energy is destroying the budgets of American families and small businesses. We need to implement an all-of-the-above strategy to bring costs down and secure American energy independence." (x.com)
  • "The definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Yet here we are now entering a recession and Democrats are trying to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on Green New Deal priorities and raise taxes on America's job creators." (x.com)
  • "We need an "all-of-the-above" strategy to expand domestic production and move us toward energy independence." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Voted against HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "My proposal to slap sanctions on China for failing to curb the export of deadly Fentanyl into the U.S. was just passed by the U.S. House as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. It’s time to hold China accountable." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3033 "Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5923 "Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6968 "Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5692 "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6833 "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691 "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 3522 "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Big Tech’s day of reckoning is fast approaching. Facebook and Twitter have abused their power and need to be stripped of their legal protections under Section 230. " (x.com)
  • "Despite the FBI repeatedly warning that TikTok poses serious national security concerns, and President Biden even signing legislation into law banning the app from government devices, his campaign just launched a TikTok account during the Super Bowl in a desperate attempt to gin up support for his own re-election hopes. With 150 million Americans on the app, our greatest global adversary has access to the personal and private data of half of our entire population. That’s why I’ve co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. and help protect American citizens from the prying eyes of Chinese spies!" (x.com)
  • "When polled, nearly 90% of my constituents support the House-passed bill to force TikTok to sever ties with the CCP-linked company, ByteDance. The ball is in TikTok’s court: Cut ties with Communist China or face a ban in the United States. It’s really that simple." (x.com)

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