98th United States Congress

E49998

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.

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 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 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	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
99th United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn