97th United States Congress

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The 97th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1981 to 1983 during the early years of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, enacting key economic and defense policies of the era.

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97th United States Congress canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
beganDuringPresidencyOf Jimmy Carter ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
congressNumber 97th ⓘ
convenesEvery 2 years ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
Gramm–Latta Budget ⓘ
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ⓘ
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ⓘ
endDate 1983-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionStartYear 1981 ⓘ
focusArea defense policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
followedBy 98th United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasHouseMajorityLeader Jim Wright ⓘ
hasHouseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
hasHouseMinorityLeader Robert H. Michel ⓘ
hasHouseMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
hasSenateMajorityLeader Howard Baker ⓘ
hasSenateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
hasSenateMinorityLeader Robert C. Byrd ⓘ
linked to: Robert Byrd
hasSenateMinorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
hasSenatePresident George H. W. Bush ⓘ
hasSenatePresidentProTempore Strom Thurmond ⓘ
hasSpeaker Tip O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Tip O'Neill
historicalEra Reagan era ⓘ
houseMajorityLeaderParty Democratic Party ⓘ
houseMinorityLeaderParty Republican Party ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 97 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Ronald Reagan ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInLanguage English ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
nonVotingDelegates several ⓘ
ordinalNumber 97 ⓘ
partOf federal government of the United States ⓘ
precededBy 96th United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionStartYear 1982 ⓘ
senateMajorityLeaderParty Republican Party ⓘ
senateMinorityLeaderParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senatePresidentOffice Vice President of the United States ⓘ
senatePresidentProTemporeParty Republican Party ⓘ
speakerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
startDate 1981-01-03 ⓘ
totalSenators 100 ⓘ
totalVotingRepresentatives 435 ⓘ

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96th United States Congress → followedBy → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
98th United States Congress → precededBy → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
Ron Dellums → parliamentaryTerm → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 97-34 → enactedBy → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 → introducedIn → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 97-414 → congressNumber → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
OR-05 → representedIn → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
97-34 → enactedBy → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
TEFRA → enactedIn → 97th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 97-248 → enactedBy → 97th United States Congress ⓘ