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H.R. 8738119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
FEC Administrative Improvements Act
Sponsored by Rep. Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate18 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 13, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFEC Administrative Improvements Act
This bill expands electronic filing requirements and allows political committees to make disbursements by methods other than check.
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First, current law requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to make electronic filing mandatory for political committees and others required to file with the FEC who, in a calendar year, have, or have reason to expect to have, total contributions or expenditures exceeding a threshold amount set by the FEC (which is currently $50,000). Many independent expenditure reports are also subject to mandatory electronic filing. However, the current mandatory electronic filing provision does not apply to certain reports. This bill expands the types of reports that are required to be filed electronically to include electioneering communications (subject to the threshold amount).
Second, current law requires political committees to maintain at least one campaign depository account and make all disbursements (other than petty cash disbursements) by check drawn on such accounts. This bill removes the requirement that disbursements must be made by check drawn on campaign depository accounts. Therefore, the bill allows political committees to make disbursements in other forms (e.g., credit or debit cards).
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on House Administration · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Computers and information technology
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government information and archives
- Political advertising
- State and local government operations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 18Swing 70–100
- 59Middle 30–70
- 23Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, 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, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Bryan Steil (R-WI-1)
- Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
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.
