1. Chapter Six State Legislatures

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-2 The Essence of Legislatures Legislative Functions A History of Legislative Malfunction

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-3 Legislative Dynamics The Senate and the House Legislative Districts Legislative Pay Legislative Leadership Legislative Committees

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-4 Table 6.2: Leading States in the Percentage of Women Legislators, 2004

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-5 Figure 6.1: State Legislative Districts in Montgomery County, Maryland

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-6 Table 6.3: Standing Committees of the Legislature

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-7 Legislative Behavior Legislative Norms Legislative Cue-Taking

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-8 Figure 6.2: How a Bill Becomes Law

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-9 Legislative Reform and Capacity The Ideal Legislature The Effects of Reform

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-10 Figure 6.3: Legislatures: Three Flavors

11. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-11 Legislative Reform and Capacity (Cont’d) The Ideal Legislature The Effects of Reform Term Limits

12. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-12 Table 6.4: Term Limits in the States, 2004

13. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-13 Relationship with the Executive Branch Dealing with the Governor Overseeing the Bureaucracy

14. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-14 Figure 6.4: Divided Governments in the States, 1946-2002

15. Legislatures and Capacity Conclusion Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6-15