well scott bomboy. let's go back to the 1880s. why do you keep referring to that as a very significant period where there's certain laws happening where there are certain senators or groups who were very effective in using the filibuster tactics? well after reconstruction and essentially with the 1877 elections and really in the 1880s and 1890s. there was a concerted effort to block some of the legislation especially that was related to the jim crow era a famous example in 1890 would have been the election or force bill and that election or force bill would allowed federal troops to monitor elections to make sure black voters could vote and it was really the southern block of the senate that blocked that with some several allies and it was a very effective tactic they could essentially run the clock out. toward the end of a short-term of congress and do differentilatory tactics to the block legislation where there was a 50% there are enough people in the house. it's the senate to approve it, but they could not get past a filibuste

well scott bomboy. let's go back to the 1880s. why do you keep referring to that as a very significant period where there's certain laws happening where there are certain senators or groups who were very effective in using the filibuster tactics? well after reconstruction and essentially with the 1877 elections and really in the 1880s and 1890s. there was a concerted effort to block some of the legislation especially that was related to the jim crow era a famous example in 1890 would have been the election or force bill and that election or force bill would allowed federal troops to monitor elections to make sure black voters could vote and it was really the southern block of the senate that blocked that with some several allies and it was a very effective tactic they could essentially run the clock out. toward the end of a short-term of congress and do differentilatory tactics to the block legislation where there was a 50% there are enough people in the house. it's the senate to approve it, but they could not get past a filibuste

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