H.R. 7720: Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 7720119th CongressFamilies

Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026

Sponsored by Rep. Mark B. Messmer (R-IN) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.

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Where it standsBefore the House

Hasn’t passed either chamber

House: next
Senate: not yet
President: not yet

45 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Child care and development
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

9Swing 70–100
62Middle 30–70
29Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the Senate

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

1
Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the Senate. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 0.5 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

S.J.Res. 199 · Jul 30, 2026 · Roll call 874On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)".
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.