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===Copeland rider amendments===
===Copeland rider amendments===
In late July 1937, there was a Senate effort by New York [[conservative Democrat]] [[Royal S. Copeland]] to add an anti-lynching bill as a [[rider]] to separate legislation; the majority of Democrats, including a significant number from the North, voted to table it.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s43 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 69, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. THE AMEND. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED HOUSE BILL 1507, THE ANTILYNCHING BILL, TO S. 69, A BILL LIMITING THE SIZE OF TRAINS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s58 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2475. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ANTILYNCHING BILL AS PERFECTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>
In late July 1937, there was a Senate effort by New York [[conservative Democrat]] [[Royal S. Copeland]] to add the full text of one of the anti-lynching bills as a [[rider]] to a train-limit bill;<ref>Railway Age, Vol. 103 (1937). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Age/rXNCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=copeland+anti-lynching+rider&pg=PA133&printsec=frontcover Senate Passes Train-Limit Bill], p. 133. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> the majority of Democrats, including a significant number from the North, voted to table it.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s43 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 69, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. THE AMEND. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED HOUSE BILL 1507, THE ANTILYNCHING BILL, TO S. 69, A BILL LIMITING THE SIZE OF TRAINS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s58 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2475. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ANTILYNCHING BILL AS PERFECTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>
===Gavagan–Fish Act===
===Gavagan–Fish Act===