Focus question #1: What are the three principal functions of legislature?
The three principal functions of is policymaking, representation, and oversight. Policymaking is enacting laws as well as disbursing funds. Legislatures do not have sole control of the government, but they do allow for changes in budget shortfalls, health care, education, etc. The second function, representation, is where legislators are expected to represent the citizens that reside within their districts. This is not an easy task. The representative must know how the people in their district feels about different issues in order to ensure they are representing their citizens. Representatives can be legislators who can act as their constituents' facilitators in state government. Oversight, the third function, is really different from the first two. This is when policymaking's efforts as well as the representatives' are not completed as planned.To ensure everything is okay, legislatures have adopted a number of methods for checking up on agency implementation and spending. The oversights that occur morph into the administrative role.
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