What is "oversight" and why is it important for the legislature to perform it?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Students should state that the legislature monitors executive branch activities to determine whether the laws (or programs and/or policies) are being carried out according to legislative intent. Stated more elaborately, through law the legislature creates programs and establishes policies that are carried out by the administration--a collection of departments, agencies, and bureaus otherwise known as "the state bureaucracy." Through reviews and monitoring, which would include studies, investigations, reports, and hearings or testimony from executive officials, the legislature can determine whether the laws are being carried out or are being implemented as intended. The legislature has the right to determine whether the laws it created are being "faithfully executed." (However, in reality, there is little time and few resources to carry out the regular reviews and monitoring needed to perform oversight well.) Senators also influence programs through their power to confirm hundreds of gubernatorial appointees to the major executive departments and influential state boards and commissions.
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