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===Judiciary Committee approval===
===Judiciary Committee approval===
[[File:William Edgar Borah portrait.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The liberal Borah opposed the Bill.]]
At the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]], the Dyer Bill elicited "a chilly reception."<ref name=waldrep,p.76>"African Americans Confront Lynching," p. 76.</ref> Newspapers reported by the end of May 1922 that every U.S. senator, save Shortridge, completely doubted the constitutionality of the bill, which languished for six months and failed to gain the support of Idaho progressive Republican William E. Borah, who remained unconvinced even after an extensive correspondence with NAACP president Moorfield Storey.<ref name=tarbert/>
At the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]], the Dyer Bill elicited "a chilly reception."<ref name=waldrep,p.76>"African Americans Confront Lynching," p. 76.</ref> Newspapers reported by the end of May 1922 that every U.S. senator, save Shortridge, completely doubted the constitutionality of the bill, which languished for six months and failed to gain the support of Idaho progressive Republican William E. Borah, who remained unconvinced even after an extensive correspondence with NAACP president Moorfield Storey.<ref name=tarbert/>