Safe Access to Cash Act of 2026

Sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Held at the desk.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Passed Senate

Senate: passedSep 30, 2026
House: next
President: not yet

8 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

The Congressional Research Service has not published a summary of this bill yet.

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.

Senate

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Crimes against property
Violent crime

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

8Swing 70–100
66Middle 30–70
26Entrenched 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

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.

1
Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the Senate. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 2.5 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

S. 331 · Mar 14, 2025 · Roll call 127On Passage of the BillA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 331 · Mar 13, 2025 · Roll call 124On the Cloture MotionA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S. 331 · Mar 6, 2025 · Roll call 110On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S. 6 · Jan 22, 2025 · Roll call 11On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 44 · Jun 22, 2023 · Roll call 171On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Joint Resolution DefeatedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

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.