Abstract
Legislatures, the lawmaking institutions of the American political system, exist at the national, state, and local levels. State legislatures are provided for in state constitutions, organized on a bicameral basis (except in one state), and range in size and partisan composition. Legislatures perform three general functions in the political systems of their states: they represent constituencies and constituents; they make laws, including those that appropriate funds and raise revenues; and they balance the power of the executive branch. The ways in which legislatures perform these functions vary over time and according to legislative structures, capacity, partisanship, and the quality of their leadership and membership.
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