Tag Archives: Vern Buchanan

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: Speaker Mike Johnson visited the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Monday morning along with other members of the Florida Delegation. A release from Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, said the officials were there to get a tour of the airport’s expansion project. In total, the project will cost $100 million to add a five-gate terminal, a four-lane security …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is filing legislation to prevent Donald Trump-era tax cuts from expiring. “In 2017, Republicans delivered the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than three decades and achieved historic economic growth,” Buchanan said. “With Americans continuing to suffer under the weight of record-high inflation and an uncertain economic future, we …

Puck News reports: Republicans have been fixated on whether 71-year-old Rep. Vern Buchanan might retire from Congress after losing the House Ways & Means chairmanship to the 42-year-old Speaker’s pet Jason Smith, potentially reducing Kevin McCarthy’s margin of error from four votes to three. Just how angry was he? A source on the House floor during the vote told me …

CNBC reports: Now that Republicans have won the House, attention has turned to a battle underway within the GOP caucus for the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee, a coveted position leading Congress’ powerful tax-writing panel. But while the contest for chair is still up in the air, one thing is certain: The next likely chairman of the Ways …

The Hill reports: A longtime staffer for Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) died from the coronavirus on Friday, the congressman announced, becoming the first known congressional aide to die from the illness. Buchanan [photo] said in a statement that he was “devastated” by the death of Gary Tibbetts, a field representative for the congressman in Florida who was a member of …

The Independent reports: President Donald Trump weighed in on a hot debate regarding Daylight Saving Time (DST) this week, saying he is “O.K” with making it permanent in the United States. The tweet comes on the heels of “The Sunshine Protection Act,” a congressional bill, introduced on Wednesday by Florida Republicans Rep. Vern Buchanan and Sen. Marco Rubio, that would …

Was this really a big problem anywhere? CBS News reports: The government shuts down at the end of the month, and Democrats and Republicans seem unable to make a deal to keep it open. They are, however, united in trying to stop people from eating pets. The House passed a bill Wednesday by voice vote banning the slaughter, transportation, sale …

Florida Politics reports: A recently filed financial disclosure shows U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan celebrated the Republican Party’s successful push for tax reform in quite the lavish way. According to the disclosure, Buchanan spent between $1 million and $5 million purchasing an Ocean Alexander yacht on Nov. 16, 2017, the same day he joined 226 other Republicans and no Democrats in …