What is 1983 State of the Union Address?
[[File:Reagan 1983 State of the Union Address.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=1:00|Reagan delivering the 1983 State of the Union]] The '''1983 [[State of the Union address]]''' was given by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to a [[joint session]] of the 98th [[United States Congress]] on January 25, 1983. The speech was the second State of the Union address of President Reagan's first term. The speech lasted about 46 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php |title=Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> It had 5554 words.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php |title=Length of State of the Union Addresses |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> The address was broadcast live on radio and television. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[Democratic response to the State of the Union address|response]] was delivered by Senator [[Robert Byrd]] (WV), Senator [[Paul Tsongas]] (MA), Senator [[Bill Bradley]] (NJ), Senator [[Joe Biden]] (DE), Rep. [[Tom Daschle]] (SD), Rep. [[Barbara Kennelly]] (CT), House Speaker [[Thomas P. O'Neill III]] (MA), Rep. [[George Miller (California politician)|George Miller]] (CA), Rep. [[Les AuCoin]] (OR), Rep. [[Paul Simon]] (IL), Rep. [[Timothy Wirth]] (CO), and Rep. [[Bill Hefner]] (NC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php |title=List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=41698 (full transcript), ''The American Presidency Project''], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]]. [[Category:1983 in the United States]] [[Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:January events]] [[Category:State of the Union Address]] [[Category:1980s in Washington, D.C.]] {{us-stub}