98th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature federal legislature

The 98th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the U.S. that met from 1983 to 1985, enacting laws and overseeing national policy during Ronald Reagan’s first term.

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98th United States Congress canonical 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
compositionChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
congressNumber 98 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
convenesUnder United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1985-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1983-11-18 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1983-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 99th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
houseMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeFunction appropriate federal funds ⓘ
conduct oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
enact federal statutes ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1983–1985 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring Ronald Reagan presidency ⓘ
meetsFor two-year term ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
numberOfNonVotingDelegates 5 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 100 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives 435 ⓘ
ordinalNumber 98 ⓘ
oversaw United States federal budget ⓘ
surface form: United States federal budget for fiscal years 1984 and 1985
precededBy 97th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm Ronald Reagan ⓘ
secondSessionEndDate 1984-10-12 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1984-01-23 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
senateMinorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senatePresident George H. W. Bush ⓘ
senatePresidentProTempore Strom Thurmond ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Tip O'Neill ⓘ
surface form: Thomas P. O’Neill Jr.
startDate 1983-01-03 ⓘ
timeInOfficeOfPresident first term of Ronald Reagan ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm George H. W. Bush ⓘ
votingSystemHouse first-past-the-post in single-member districts ⓘ
votingSystemSenate first-past-the-post in statewide elections ⓘ

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99th United States Congress → precededBy → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 → legislativeBody → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
97th United States Congress → followedBy → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1984 → enactedIn → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
Ron Dellums → parliamentaryTerm → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
Social Security Amendments of 1983 → introducedInCongress → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 → enactedBy → 98th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 98-353 → congressNumber → 98th United States Congress ⓘ