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Senate bill · 100th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make permanent the administrative offset debt collection provisions with respect to education loans.

S. 685Introduced Mar 6, 1987Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Sen. John Quayle R-IN
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 6, 1987 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

24 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 10 Democrats

11 of 24 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.

Rudolf Boschwitz (R-MN), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), Lawton Chiles (D-FL), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), Edwin Garn (R-UT), John Glenn (D-OH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Claiborne Pell (D-RI), William Roth (R-DE), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Paul Simon (D-IL), Robert Stafford (R-VT), Steven Symms (R-ID), James Thurmond (R-SC), Paul Trible (R-VA), Malcolm Wallop (R-WY).

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Quayle.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.