Alan Ehrenhalt, in Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (Sept. 3,1983), 1414 22nd St. N.W., Wash-

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Being a member of the state legislature may seem about as glamorous as running a laundry. Yet the statehouses are currently in ferment, re- ports Ehrenhalt, a Congressional Quarterly editor.
Unobtrusively, state governments have extended their reach in re- cent years, as Washington has delegated more responsibility for federal-state programs-e.g., health, welfare, e...