98th United States Congress

98th United States Congress
97th ← → 99th
United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Members	100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	George H. W. Bush (R)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Tip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1983 – November 18, 1983 2nd: January 23, 1984 – October 12, 1984

The 98th 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 1980 U.S. Census.

The Republicans maintained control of the Senate, while the Democrats increased their majority in the House of Representatives from the 97th Congress.

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:
  • 1984 United States presidential election: Re-election of Ronald Reagan
  • 1984 United States Senate elections: Republicans retained Senate, but lost 2 seats
  • 1984 United States House of Representatives elections: Democrats retained House, but lost 16 seats

Major legislation[]

• April 20, 1983: , Pub.L. 98–21
• November 2, 1983: Martin Luther King Jr. Day law, Pub.L. 98–399
• July 17, 1984: Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984, Pub.L. 98–365
• July 17, 1984: National Minimum Drinking Age Act, Pub.L. 98–363
• September 28, 1984: Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, Pub.L. 98–435
• October 12, 1984: Comprehensive Crime Control Act, Pub.L. 98–473, title II
• October 19, 1984: National Archives and Records Administration Act, Pub.L. 98–497
• October 19, 1984: Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984, Pub.L. 98–499
• October 30, 1984: Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984, Pub.L. 98–575

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party standings at the end of the 98th Congress

  45 Democratic Senators

  55 Republican Senators

House of Representatives[]

House seats by party holding plurality in state
     80+% to 100% Democratic      80+% to 100% Republican
     60+% to 80% Democratic      60+% to 80% Republican
     50+% to 60% Democratic      50+% to 60% Republican
     striped: 50–50 split

Leadership[]

Senate[]

Senate President

George H. W. Bush (R)

• President: George H. W. Bush (R)
• President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

• Majority Leader: Howard Baker
• Majority Whip: Ted Stevens
• Republican Conference Chairman: James A. McClure
• Republican Conference Secretary: Jake Garn
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Richard Lugar
• Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

• Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Robert Byrd
• Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Lloyd Bentsen

House of Representatives[]

House Speaker

Tip O'Neill (D)

• Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

• Majority Leader: Jim Wright
• Majority Whip: Tom Foley
• Chief Deputy Majority Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr.
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Gillis William Long
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Geraldine Ferraro
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

• Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
• Minority Whip: Trent Lott
• Chief Deputy Whip: Tom Loeffler
• Republican Conference Chairman: Jack Kemp
• Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards
• Republican Conference Secretary: Clair Burgener
• Policy Committee Chairman: Dick Cheney
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses[]

• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
• Congresswomen's Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members[]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

Senate[]

Senators are elected statewide every two years, with approximately one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1984; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1986; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1988.

Alabama[] 2. Howell Heflin (D) 3. Jeremiah Denton (R) Alaska[] 2. Ted Stevens (R) 3. Frank Murkowski (R) Arizona[] 1. Dennis DeConcini (D) 3. Barry Goldwater (R) Arkansas[] 2. David Pryor (D) 3. Dale Bumpers (D) California[] 1. Pete Wilson (R) 3. Alan Cranston (D) Colorado[] 2. William L. Armstrong (R) 3. Gary Hart (D) Connecticut[] 1. Lowell Weicker (R) 3. Chris Dodd (D) Delaware[] 1. William Roth (R) 2. Joe Biden (D) Florida[] 1. Lawton Chiles (D) 3. Paula Hawkins (R) Georgia[] 2. Sam Nunn (D) 3. Mack Mattingly (R) Hawaii[] 1. Spark Matsunaga (D) 3. Daniel Inouye (D) Idaho[] 2. James A. McClure (R) 3. Steve Symms (R) Illinois[] 2. Charles H. Percy (R) 3. Alan J. Dixon (D) Indiana[] 1. Richard Lugar (R) 3. Dan Quayle (R) Iowa[] 2. Roger Jepsen (R) 3. Chuck Grassley (R) Kansas[] 2. Nancy Kassebaum (R) 3. Bob Dole (R) Kentucky[] 2. Walter "Dee" Huddleston (D) 3. Wendell Ford (D) Louisiana[] 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) 3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine[] 1. George J. Mitchell (D) 2. William Cohen (R) Maryland[] 1. Paul Sarbanes (D) 3. Charles Mathias (R) Massachusetts[] 1. Ted Kennedy (D) 2. Paul Tsongas (D), until January 2, 1985 John Kerry (D), from January 2, 1985 Michigan[] 1. Donald Riegle (D) 2. Carl Levin (D) Minnesota[] 1. David Durenberger (R) 2. Rudy Boschwitz (R) Mississippi[] 1. John C. Stennis (D) 2. Thad Cochran (R) Missouri[] 1. John Danforth (R) 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

Montana[] 1. John Melcher (D) 2. Max Baucus (D) Nebraska[] 1. Edward Zorinsky (D) 2. J. James Exon (D) Nevada[] 1. Chic Hecht (R) 3. Paul Laxalt (R) New Hampshire[] 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R) 3. Warren Rudman (R) New Jersey[] 1. Frank Lautenberg (D) 2. Bill Bradley (D) New Mexico[] 1. Jeff Bingaman (D) 2. Pete Domenici (R) New York[] 1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 3. Al D'Amato (R) North Carolina[] 2. Jesse Helms (R) 3. John Porter East (R) North Dakota[] 1. Quentin Burdick (D) 3. Mark Andrews (R) Ohio[] 1. Howard Metzenbaum (D) 3. John Glenn (D) Oklahoma[] 2. David Boren (D) 3. Don Nickles (R) Oregon[] 2. Mark Hatfield (R) 3. Bob Packwood (R) Pennsylvania[] 1. John Heinz (R) 3. Arlen Specter (R) Rhode Island[] 1. John Chafee (R) 2. Claiborne Pell (D) South Carolina[] 2. Strom Thurmond (R) 3. Fritz Hollings (D) South Dakota[] 2. Larry Pressler (R) 3. James Abdnor (R) Tennessee[] 1. Jim Sasser (D) 2. Howard Baker (R) Texas[] 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) 2. John Tower (R) Utah[] 1. Orrin Hatch (R) 3. Jake Garn (R) Vermont[] 1. Robert Stafford (R) 3. Patrick Leahy (D) Virginia[] 1. Paul Trible (R) 2. John Warner (R) Washington[] 1. Henry M. Jackson (D), until September 1, 1983 Daniel J. Evans (R), from September 12, 1983 3. Slade Gorton (R) West Virginia[] 1. Robert Byrd (D) 2. Jennings Randolph (D) Wisconsin[] 1. William Proxmire (D) 3. Bob Kasten (R) Wyoming[] 1. Malcolm Wallop (R) 2. Alan Simpson (R)

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 98th Congress in January 1983   2 Democrats   1 Democrat and 1 Republican   2 Republicans Senate majority leadership Republican leader Howard Baker Republican whip Ted Stevens Senate minority leadership Democratic leader Robert Byrd Democratic whip Alan Cranston

House of Representatives[]

Alabama[] 1. Jack Edwards (R) 2. William Louis Dickinson (R) 3. Bill Nichols (D) 4. Tom Bevill (D) 5. Ronnie Flippo (D) 6. Ben Erdreich (D) 7. Richard Shelby (D) Alaska[] At-large. Don Young (R) Arizona[] 1. John McCain (R) 2. Mo Udall (D) 3. Bob Stump (R) 4. Eldon Rudd (R) 5. James F. McNulty Jr. (D) Arkansas[] 1. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) 2. Ed Bethune (R) 3. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) 4. Beryl Anthony Jr. (D) California[] 1. Douglas H. Bosco (D) 2. Eugene A. Chappie (R) 3. Bob Matsui (D) 4. Vic Fazio (D) 5. Phillip Burton (D), until April 10, 1983 Sala Burton (D), from June 21, 1983 6. Barbara Boxer (D) 7. George Miller (D) 8. Ron Dellums (D) 9. Pete Stark (D) 10. Don Edwards (D) 11. Tom Lantos (D) 12. Ed Zschau (R) 13. Norman Mineta (D) 14. Norman D. Shumway (R) 15. Tony Coelho (D) 16. Leon Panetta (D) 17. Chip Pashayan (R) 18. Richard H. Lehman (D) 19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) 20. Bill Thomas (R) 21. Bobbi Fiedler (R) 22. Carlos Moorhead (R) 23. Anthony Beilenson (D) 24. Henry Waxman (D) 25. Edward R. Roybal (D) 26. Howard Berman (D) 27. Mel Levine (D) 28. Julian Dixon (D) 29. Augustus Hawkins (D) 30. Matthew G. Martínez (D) 31. Mervyn Dymally (D) 32. Glenn M. Anderson (D) 33. David Dreier (R) 34. Esteban Edward Torres (D) 35. Jerry Lewis (R) 36. George Brown Jr. (D) 37. Al McCandless (R) 38. Jerry M. Patterson (D) 39. William E. Dannemeyer (R) 40. Robert Badham (R) 41. Bill Lowery (R) 42. Dan Lungren (R) 43. Ron Packard (R) 44. Jim Bates (D) 45. Duncan L. Hunter (R) Colorado[] 1. Pat Schroeder (D) 2. Tim Wirth (D) 3. Ray Kogovsek (D) 4. Hank Brown (R) 5. Ken Kramer (R) 6. Dan Schaefer (R), from March 29, 1983 (Jack Swigert was elected for the sixth district but died before taking his seat.) Connecticut[] 1. Barbara B. Kennelly (D) 2. Sam Gejdenson (D) 3. Bruce Morrison (D) 4. Stewart McKinney (R) 5. William R. Ratchford (D) 6. Nancy Johnson (R) Delaware[] At-large. Tom Carper (D) Florida[] 1. Earl Hutto (D) 2. Don Fuqua (D) 3. Charles E. Bennett (D) 4. Bill Chappell (D) 5. Bill McCollum (R) 6. Buddy MacKay (D) 7. Sam Gibbons (D) 8. Bill Young (R) 9. Michael Bilirakis (R) 10. Andy Ireland (D, then R) 11. Bill Nelson (D) 12. Tom Lewis (R) 13. Connie Mack III (R) 14. Dan Mica (D) 15. Clay Shaw (R) 16. Lawrence J. Smith (D) 17. William Lehman (D) 18. Claude Pepper (D) 19. Dante Fascell (D) Georgia[] 1. Lindsay Thomas (D) 2. Charles Floyd Hatcher (D) 3. Richard Ray (D) 4. Elliott H. Levitas (D) 5. Wyche Fowler (D) 6. Newt Gingrich (R) 7. Larry McDonald (D), until September 1, 1983 George Darden (D), from November 8, 1983 8. J. Roy Rowland (D) 9. Ed Jenkins (D) 10. Doug Barnard Jr. (D) Hawaii[] 1. Cecil Heftel (D) 2. Daniel Akaka (D) Idaho[] 1. Larry Craig (R) 2. George V. Hansen (R) Illinois[] 1. Harold Washington (D), until April 30, 1983 Charles Hayes (D), from August 23, 1983 2. Gus Savage (D) 3. Marty Russo (D) 4. George M. O'Brien (R) 5. Bill Lipinski (D) 6. Henry Hyde (R) 7. Cardiss Collins (D) 8. Dan Rostenkowski (D) 9. Sidney R. Yates (D) 10. John Porter (R) 11. Frank Annunzio (D) 12. Phil Crane (R) 13. John N. Erlenborn (R) 14. Tom Corcoran (R), until November 28, 1984 15. Edward Rell Madigan (R) 16. Lynn Morley Martin (R) 17. Lane Evans (D) 18. Robert H. Michel (R) 19. Dan Crane (R) 20. Dick Durbin (D) 21. Melvin Price (D) 22. Paul Simon (D) Indiana[] 1. Katie Hall (D) 2. Philip Sharp (D) 3. John P. Hiler (R) 4. Dan Coats (R) 5. Elwood Hillis (R) 6. Dan Burton (R) 7. John T. Myers (R) 8. Frank McCloskey (D) 9. Lee H. Hamilton (D) 10. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D) Iowa[] 1. Jim Leach (R) 2. Tom Tauke (R) 3. T. Cooper Evans (R) 4. Neal Edward Smith (D) 5. Tom Harkin (D) 6. Berkley Bedell (D) Kansas[] 1. Pat Roberts (R) 2. Jim Slattery (D) 3. Larry Winn (R) 4. Dan Glickman (D) 5. Bob Whittaker (R) Kentucky[] 1. Carroll Hubbard (D) 2. William Natcher (D) 3. Romano Mazzoli (D) 4. Gene Snyder (R) 5. Hal Rogers (R) 6. Larry J. Hopkins (R) 7. Carl D. Perkins (D), until August 3, 1984 Chris Perkins (D), from November 6, 1984 Louisiana[] 1. Bob Livingston (R) 2. Lindy Boggs (D) 3. Billy Tauzin (D) 4. Buddy Roemer (D) 5. Jerry Huckaby (D) 6. Henson Moore (R) 7. John Breaux (D) 8. Gillis William Long (D) Maine[] 1. John R. McKernan Jr. (R) 2. Olympia Snowe (R) Maryland[] 1. Roy Dyson (D) 2. Clarence Long (D) 3. Barbara Mikulski (D) 4. Marjorie Holt (R) 5. Steny Hoyer (D) 6. Beverly Byron (D) 7. Parren Mitchell (D) 8. Michael D. Barnes (D) Massachusetts[] 1. Silvio O. Conte (R) 2. Edward Boland (D) 3. Joseph D. Early (D) 4. Barney Frank (D) 5. James Shannon (D) 6. Nicholas Mavroules (D) 7. Ed Markey (D) 8. Tip O'Neill (D) 9. Joe Moakley (D) 10. Gerry Studds (D) 11. Brian J. Donnelly (D) Michigan[] 1. John Conyers (D) 2. Carl Pursell (R) 3. Howard Wolpe (D) 4. Mark D. Siljander (R) 5. Harold S. Sawyer (R) 6. Milton Robert Carr (D) 7. Dale Kildee (D) 8. J. Bob Traxler (D) 9. Guy Vander Jagt (R) 10. Donald J. Albosta (D) 11. Robert William Davis (R) 12. David Bonior (D) 13. George Crockett Jr. (D) 14. Dennis Hertel (D) 15. William D. Ford (D) 16. John Dingell (D) 17. Sander Levin (D) 18. William Broomfield (R) Minnesota[] 1. Tim Penny (DFL) 2. Vin Weber (R) 3. Bill Frenzel (R) 4. Bruce Vento (DFL) 5. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 6. Gerry Sikorski (DFL) 7. Arlan Stangeland (R) 8. Jim Oberstar (DFL) Mississippi[] 1. Jamie Whitten (D) 2. Webb Franklin (R) 3. Sonny Montgomery (D) 4. Wayne Dowdy (D) 5. Trent Lott (R) Missouri[] 1. Bill Clay (D) 2. Robert A. Young (D) 3. Dick Gephardt (D) 4. Ike Skelton (D) 5. Alan Wheat (D) 6. Tom Coleman (R) 7. Gene Taylor (R) 8. Bill Emerson (R) 9. Harold Volkmer (D)

Montana[] 1. Pat Williams (D) 2. Ron Marlenee (R) Nebraska[] 1. Doug Bereuter (R) 2. Hal Daub (R) 3. Virginia D. Smith (R) Nevada[] 1. Harry Reid (D) 2. Barbara Vucanovich (R) New Hampshire[] 1. Norman D'Amours (D) 2. Judd Gregg (R) New Jersey[] 1. James Florio (D) 2. William J. Hughes (D) 3. James J. Howard (D) 4. Chris Smith (R) 5. Marge Roukema (R) 6. Bernard J. Dwyer (D) 7. Matthew John Rinaldo (R) 8. Robert A. Roe (D) 9. Robert Torricelli (D) 10. Peter W. Rodino (D) 11. Joseph Minish (D) 12. Jim Courter (R) 13. Edwin B. Forsythe (R), until March 29, 1984 Jim Saxton (R), from November 6, 1984 14. Frank Joseph Guarini (D) New Mexico[] 1. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) 2. Joe Skeen (R) 3. Bill Richardson (D) New York[] 1. William Carney (C)[a] 2. Thomas Downey (D) 3. Robert J. Mrazek (D) 4. Norman F. Lent (R) 5. Raymond J. McGrath (R) 6. Joseph P. Addabbo (D) 7. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D), until January 4, 1983 Gary Ackerman (D), from March 1, 1983 8. James H. Scheuer (D) 9. Geraldine Ferraro (D) 10. Chuck Schumer (D) 11. Edolphus Towns (D) 12. Major Owens (D) 13. Stephen Solarz (D) 14. Guy Molinari (R) 15. Bill Green (R) 16. Charles Rangel (D) 17. Theodore S. Weiss (D) 18. Robert Garcia (D) 19. Mario Biaggi (D) 20. Richard Ottinger (D) 21. Hamilton Fish IV (R) 22. Benjamin Gilman (R) 23. Samuel S. Stratton (D) 24. Gerald Solomon (R) 25. Sherwood Boehlert (R) 26. David O'Brien Martin (R) 27. George C. Wortley (R) 28. Matthew F. McHugh (D) 29. Frank Horton (R) 30. Barber Conable (R) 31. Jack Kemp (R) 32. John J. LaFalce (D) 33. Henry J. Nowak (D) 34. Stan Lundine (D) North Carolina[] 1. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) 2. Tim Valentine (D) 3. Charles Orville Whitley (D) 4. Ike Franklin Andrews (D) 5. Stephen L. Neal (D) 6. Charles Robin Britt (D) 7. Charlie Rose (D) 8. Bill Hefner (D) 9. James G. Martin (R) 10. Jim Broyhill (R) 11. James M. Clarke (D) North Dakota[] At-large. Byron Dorgan (D) Ohio[] 1. Tom Luken (D) 2. Bill Gradison (R) 3. Tony P. Hall (D) 4. Mike Oxley (R) 5. Del Latta (R) 6. Bob McEwen (R) 7. Mike DeWine (R) 8. Tom Kindness (R) 9. Marcy Kaptur (D) 10. Clarence E. Miller (R) 11. Dennis E. Eckart (D) 12. John Kasich (R) 13. Donald J. Pease (D) 14. John F. Seiberling (D) 15. Chalmers Wylie (R) 16. Ralph Regula (R) 17. Lyle Williams (R) 18. Douglas Applegate (D) 19. Ed Feighan (D) 20. Mary Rose Oakar (D) 21. Louis Stokes (D) Oklahoma[] 1. James R. Jones (D) 2. Mike Synar (D) 3. Wes Watkins (D) 4. Dave McCurdy (D) 5. Mickey Edwards (R) 6. Glenn English (D) Oregon[] 1. Les AuCoin (D) 2. Robert Freeman Smith (R) 3. Ron Wyden (D) 4. Jim Weaver (D) 5. Denny Smith (R) Pennsylvania[] 1. Thomas M. Foglietta (D) 2. William H. Gray III (D) 3. Robert A. Borski Jr. (D) 4. Joseph P. Kolter (D) 5. Richard T. Schulze (R) 6. Gus Yatron (D) 7. Robert W. Edgar (D) 8. Peter H. Kostmayer (D) 9. Bud Shuster (R) 10. Joseph M. McDade (R) 11. Frank Harrison (D) 12. John Murtha (D) 13. Lawrence Coughlin (R) 14. William J. Coyne (D) 15. Donald L. Ritter (R) 16. Robert Smith Walker (R) 17. George Gekas (R) 18. Doug Walgren (D) 19. William F. Goodling (R) 20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D) 21. Tom Ridge (R) 22. Austin Murphy (D) 23. William F. Clinger Jr. (R) Rhode Island[] 1. Fernand St. Germain (D) 2. Claudine Schneider (R) South Carolina[] 1. Thomas F. Hartnett (R) 2. Floyd Spence (R) 3. Butler Derrick (D) 4. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) 5. John Spratt (D) 6. Robin Tallon (D) South Dakota[] At-large. Tom Daschle (D) Tennessee[] 1. Jimmy Quillen (R) 2. John Duncan Sr. (R) 3. Marilyn Lloyd (D) 4. Jim Cooper (D) 5. Bill Boner (D) 6. Al Gore (D) 7. Don Sundquist (R) 8. Ed Jones (D) 9. Harold Ford Sr. (D) Texas[] 1. Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) 2. Charlie Wilson (D) 3. Steve Bartlett (R) 4. Ralph Hall (D) 5. John Wiley Bryant (D) 6. Phil Gramm (D), until January 5, 1983 Phil Gramm (R), from February 12, 1983 7. Bill Archer (R) 8. Jack Fields (R) 9. Jack Brooks (D) 10. J. J. Pickle (D) 11. Marvin Leath (D) 12. Jim Wright (D) 13. Jack Hightower (D) 14. William Neff Patman (D) 15. Kika de la Garza (D) 16. Ronald D. Coleman (D) 17. Charles Stenholm (D) 18. Mickey Leland (D) 19. Kent Hance (D) 20. Henry B. González (D) 21. Tom Loeffler (R) 22. Ron Paul (R) 23. Abraham Kazen (D) 24. Martin Frost (D) 25. Michael A. Andrews (D) 26. Tom Vandergriff (D) 27. Solomon P. Ortiz (D) Utah[] 1. James V. Hansen (R) 2. David Daniel Marriott (R) 3. Howard C. Nielson (R) Vermont[] At-large. Jim Jeffords (R) Virginia[] 1. Herbert H. Bateman (R) 2. G. William Whitehurst (R) 3. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) 4. Norman Sisisky (D) 5. Dan Daniel (D) 6. Jim Olin (D) 7. J. Kenneth Robinson (R) 8. Stanford Parris (R) 9. Rick Boucher (D) 10. Frank Wolf (R) Washington[] 1. Joel Pritchard (R) 2. Al Swift (D) 3. Don Bonker (D) 4. Sid Morrison (R) 5. Tom Foley (D) 6. Norm Dicks (D) 7. Mike Lowry (D) 8. Rod Chandler (R) West Virginia[] 1. Alan Mollohan (D) 2. Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D) 3. Bob Wise (D) 4. Nick Rahall (D) Wisconsin[] 1. Les Aspin (D) 2. Robert Kastenmeier (D) 3. Steve Gunderson (R) 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D), until December 3, 1983 Jerry Kleczka (D), from April 3, 1984 5. Jim Moody (D) 6. Tom Petri (R) 7. Dave Obey (D) 8. Toby Roth (R) 9. Jim Sensenbrenner (R) Wyoming[] At-large. Dick Cheney (R) Non-voting members[] American Samoa. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) District of Columbia. Walter Fauntroy (D) Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) Puerto Rico. Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP) Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)

House majority leadership Democratic leader Jim Wright Democratic whip Tom Foley House minority leadership Republican leader Robert H. Michel Republican whip Trent Lott

Changes in membership[]

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

Committees[]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate[]

• Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III)
• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
  • (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
  • (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
  • (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
  • (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
• Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
  • (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
  • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
  • (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd)
  • (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Legislative Branch (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
  • (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
• Armed Services (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
  • (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
  • (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
  • (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey); Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
  • Financial Institutions (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • Economic Policy (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • (Chair: Chic Hecht; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • (Chair: Paul S. Trible, Jr.; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
• Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
• Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • (Chair: Nancy Landon Kassebaum; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
  • (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
  • (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
  • (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
• Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • (Chair: John Warner; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
  • (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • Water and Power (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
• Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
  • (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Gary W. Hart)
  • (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
  • (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Quentin Burdick)
• Ethics (Select) (Chair: Ted Stevens; Vice Chair: Howell Heflin)
• Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
  • (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
  • (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
  • (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
  • (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
  • (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
  • (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
• Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
  • (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
  • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
  • (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
• Governmental Affairs (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
  • (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
  • (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jeff Bingaman)
  • (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
• Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Mark Andrews)
• Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
  • (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Howard Metzenbaum)
  • (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
  • Constitution (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
  • (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
• Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
• Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Robert T. Stafford; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
  • (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Spark M. Matsunaga)
  • (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
• Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
• Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell Ford)
• (Special) (Chair:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
• Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
  • (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
• Whole

House of Representatives[]

• Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward R. Roybal)
• Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
  • (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
  • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
  • (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
  • (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
  • (Chair: George E. Brown, Jr.; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
  • (Chair: Leon E. Panetta; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
  • (Chair: Charles Whitley; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
• Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
  • (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
  • Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
  • (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
  • (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
  • (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
  • (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • (Chair: William Huston Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Jerry Lewis)
  • (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
  • (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller)
• Armed Services (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
  • (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
  • (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
  • Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
  • (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
• Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
  • (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
  • (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
  • (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
  • (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
  • (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
• Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
  • (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Bobbi Fiedler)
  • (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Tom Loeffler)
  • (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
  • (Chair: Dick Gephardt; Ranking Member: Lynn Morley Martin)
  • (Chair: Bill Nelson; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
  • (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Ed Bethune)
  • (Chair: Thomas J. Downey; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
  • (Chair: Brian J. Donnelly; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
  • (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
• Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: George Miller)
• District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
  • (Chair: William H. Gray III; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
  • (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.)
• Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins, then Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
  • (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
  • (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
  • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
  • (Chair: Ike Andrews; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
  • (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
  • (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
  • (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
• Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
  • (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
  • (Chair: Philip Sharp; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
  • (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
• Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki, then Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
  • (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Larry Winn, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
  • (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
  • (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
  • (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
• Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Raymond J. McGrath)
  • (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
  • (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
  • (Chair: Doug Barnard, Jr.; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
  • (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: John R. McKernan, Jr.)
• House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins, then Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
  • (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
  • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
  • (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
  • (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Abraham Kazen, Jr.; Ranking Member: Dick Cheney)
  • (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • (Chair: Antonio Borja Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
  • (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
• Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Dan Lungren)
  • (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • (Chair: Sam B. Hall, Jr.; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
  • (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
  • (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Harold Sawyer)
  • (Chair: John Conyers, Jr.; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
  • (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
  • (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • (Chair: Carroll Hubbard, Jr.; Ranking Member: William Carney)
  • (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
• (Chair: Charles Rangel)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
  • (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
  • (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
  • (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
  • (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
  • (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
  • (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William Dannemeyer)
  • (Chair: Donald J. Albosta; Ranking Member: Dan Crane)
• Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • (Chair: James L. Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Guy Molinari)
  • (Chair: Robert A. Young; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
  • (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
• Rules (Chair: Claude Pepper; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
  • (Chair: Gillis W. Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
  • (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
• Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
  • (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
  • (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: William Carney)
  • (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
  • (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
• Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Vin Weber)
  • (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
  • (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
  • (Chair: Andy Ireland; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
• Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
  • (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
  • (Chair: Richard Shelby; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
• Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Barber Conable, Jr.)
  • Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
  • Social Security (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
  • Oversight (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: James G. Martin)
  • Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan)
  • Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs, Jr.; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore)
  • (Chair: Harold Ford, Jr.; Ranking Member: Carroll Campbell, Jr.)
• Whole

Joint committees[]

• Economic (Chair: Sen. Roger W. Jepsen; Vice Chair: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
• Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Dole)
• The Library (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)
• Printing (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

• Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
• Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
• Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin, until August 31, 1983
  • Rudolph G. Penner, from September 1, 1983
• Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
• Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr., until 1984
  • Ralph E. Kennickell Jr., from 1984

Senate[]

• Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
• Curator: James R. Ketchum
• Historian: Richard A. Baker
• Parliamentarian: Bob Dove
• Secretary: William Hildenbrand
• Librarian:
• :
• :
• Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood, until September 13, 1983
  • Larry E. Smith, from September 13, 1983

House of Representatives[]

• Chaplain: (Lutheran)
• Clerk:
• Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
• Historian: Ray Smock, from 1983
• Parliamentarian: William H. Brown
• Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
• Postmaster:
• Sergeant at Arms:

See also[]

• 1982 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1982 United States Senate elections
  • 1982 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1984 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • 1984 United States presidential election
  • 1984 United States Senate elections
  • 1984 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes[]

References[]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links[]

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• "Videos of House of Representatives Sessions for the 98th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org".
• "Videos of Committees from the House and Senate for the 98th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org".
• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 98th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 98th Congress.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 98th Congress.