Like rebellious teenagers, big banks are eager to assert their independence from Washington after receiving billions in federal TARP money.

Ten big banks say they have raised enough money to pay back those government loans. JP Morgan Chase repaid $25 billion, with interest, while Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs announced they had each returned $10 billion to the government, said the New York Times.

American Express, Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One Financial, State Street, Northern Trust, BB&T and U.S. Bancorp also raised enough money to repay their loans and exit the government rescue program.

Now that the worst of the economic crisis has passed, banks want to be free of government control and the regulations that come with it.

In order to exit the program, banks needed to prove they had enough capital to withstand a deep recession while continuing to foster lending, sell long-term debt and meet their funding obligations, said the Associated Press.

After an outcry by small community banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., announced last week that big banks would have to pay a larger share of the FDIC levy.

The FDIC fund, which covers bank deposits against loss, is being drained by the failure of many banks.

The five-member FDIC board voted to collect an additional $5.6 billion from the industry, raising the total annual bill to $17.6 billion, the Washington Post reported.

And in a controversial move, the board also voted to charge the largest banks — those with at least $100 billion in assets — about $500 million more of the assessment than it previously planned, said the Post.

FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair said big banks should shoulder more of the burden because of their role in causing the country’s current financial crisis.

Small banks celebrated the decision, saying the majority of federal rescue funds are going to large banks.