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Senate Roll Call 564, 98th Congress · July 25, 1984

(CONTINUED) TO AGREE TO THREE AMENDMENTS TO S. 1668 EN BLOC. S. 1668 AMENDS CHAPTER 37 OF TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE, TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACTS RETAINING PRIVATE COUNSEL TO FURNISH COLLECTION SERVICES IN THE CASE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST METZENBAUM AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RETAIN MORE THAN ONE PRIVATE COUNSEL WITHIN EACH GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITHIN WHICH A U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS JURISDICTION. THE SECOND AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SET LIMITS ON CONTINGENCY FEES BASED ON LOCAL PREVAILING RATES WHICH PRIVATE LAW FIRMS CHARGE FOR COMMERCIAL DEBT CASES. AND THE THIRD AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF CONTRACTS AND FEES SET. (MOTION PASSED)

95 yea · 1 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican52 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1668 ↗

A bill to amend chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize contracts retaining private counsel to furnish collection services in the case of indebtedness owed the United States.

Policy area: Law — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • GunsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (1.00) The measure concerns debt collection contracts and legal fees, completely unrelated to gun rights or restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:second amendment

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (95)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (4)

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