98th Congress (1983-1985)
President: Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 269 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill (D-MA)
Vice President: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 55 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R-TN)
"We have two classes of senators here. Those who are not rich, those who do not have a rich father who left them a few million dollars in a trust fund, or stock, or a rich wife--some of us married for love." - Sen. Jake Garn (R-UT) (above)
Enactments:
Emergency Jobs Act of 1983
Social Security Amendments of 1983
Department of Housing and Urban Development Ap
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1984
Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984
Supplemental Appropriations, Fiscal 1983
Interest Withholding Requirement Repeal
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984
Further Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1984, Part 1
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1984
Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1984
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations, Fiscal 1084
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Interior Appropriations, Fiscal 1984
Further Continuing Appropriations for FY 1984, Part 2
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984
Dairy Production Stabilization
Supplemental Appropriations, Fiscal 1984
Department of Defense Appropriation Act
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1984
Highway Trust Fund Appropriations Release
Shipping Act of 1984
Department of Health and Human Services Supplemental Appropriations Act FY 1984
Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act
District of Columbia Appropriations Increase
Supplemental FY84 Appropriations
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984
Energy and Water Development Supplemental Appropriations Act FY 1985
Initial Funding for Manned Space Station
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 Amendments
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1985
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984
Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985
Equal Access Act
Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984
Second Supplemental Appropriations Act
Retirement Equity Act of 1984
Enactments (cont):
Reclamation Dam Safety
Commerce-State-Justice appropriations bill for FY 1985
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1985
Further Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1985, Part 1
Further Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1985, Part 2
Child Abuse Amendments of 1984
Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984
Further Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1985, Part 3
Omnibus Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1985
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act
National Organ Transplant Act
Education Amendments of 1984
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985
Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984
Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act
Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
Cigarette Safety Act of 1984
Omnibus Tariff and Trade Act of 1984
Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act Amendments
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985
Semiconductor Chip Protection
Coal Pipeline Act
Prohibition on Covert Action in Nicaragua
Universal Telephone Service
Export Administration Act
Foreign Assistance Authorization
Superfund Expansion
Equal Rights Amendment
Nuclear Freeze
First Budget Resolution, FY 1984
First Budget Resolution, FY 1985
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Human Life Federalism Amendment
Constitutional Amendment on School Prayer