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The Ninety-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1985, during the third and fourth years of Ronald Reagan's Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twentieth Census of the United States in 1980. The Republicans controlled the Senate, while the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives. ==Major events== *February 24, 1983: A special commission of the Congress released a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. *March 23, 1983: President Ronald Reagan made his Strategic Defense Initiative proposal. *April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people. *October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroyed both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians. *October 25, 1983: United States troops invaded Grenada *November 6, 1984: * *United States presidential election, 1984: Re-election of Ronald Reagan * *United States Senate elections, 1984: Republicans retained Senate, but lost 2 seats * *United States House of Representatives elections, 1984: Democrats retained House, but lost 16 seats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「98th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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