What is 1984 State of the Union Address?
[[File:Reagan 1984 State of the Union Address.ogv|thumb|Reagan delivers the 1984 State of the Union]] The '''1984 [[State of the Union address]]''' was given by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session]] of the 98th [[United States Congress]] on January 25, 1984. The speech was the third State of the Union address of President Reagan's first term. The speech lasted 43 minutes and 2 seconds<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> and had 4931 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 [[Joe Biden]] (DE), Sen. [[David Boren]] (OK), Senator [[Carl Levin]] (MI), Senator [[Max Baucus]] (MT), Senator [[Robert Byrd]] (WV), Senator [[Claiborne Pell]] (RI), Senator [[Walter Huddleston]] (KY), Rep. [[Dante B. Fascell]] (FL), Rep. [[Tom Harkin]] (IA), Rep. [[William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)|William Gray]] (PA), House Speaker [[Thomas P. O'Neill III|Thomas O’Neill]] (MA), and Rep. [[Barbara Boxer]] (CA).<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}} [[Category:1984 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}}