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H.R. 4544119th CongressFinance and Financial Sector
American Access to Banking Act
Sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) · 0 active
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 20, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govAmerican Access to Banking Act
This bill requires federal financial regulators to review and streamline the application process for the formation of de novo, or new, depository institutions or credit unions.
Regulators must (1) review the application process; (2) to the extent practicable, collect necessary information from other agencies in order to minimize requests for applicant information; and (3) review how de novo financial intuitions raise capital while maintaining investor protections, including the impact of restrictions on raising capital.
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At the request of an applicant, regulators must (1) designate an employee as a caseworker to assist in the application process, and (2) provide a list of similar institutions interested in serving as a mentor.
Each regulator must also develop a state and stakeholder engagement plan to assist interested parties with understanding the relevant regulatory processes.
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
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed405 yea, 4 nayMay 20, 2026 · Roll call 178
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 44 | 1 | 2% |
| Middle | 254 | 3 | 1% |
| Entrenched | 108 | 0 | 0% |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Financial services and investments
- Intergovernmental relations
- Licensing and registrations
- 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
- 8Swing 70–100
- 73Middle 30–70
- 19Entrenched 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-v3Bars 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
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
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.
