Fenno's Paradox is the belief that people generally disapprove of the United States Congress as a whole, but support the Congressman from their own Congressional district. It is named for Richard Fenno who discussed this in his 1979 book Home Style: House Members in Their Districts. ^[1] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... A congressional district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. ... Richard F. Fenno, Jr. ...

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