Enabling

Bill Frist, though signing on to co-sponsor the lynching resolution, refused calls for a voice vote, thereby enabling racist Senators who did not want their opinions known to the public.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) refused repeated requests for a roll call vote that would have put senators on the record on a resolution apologizing for past failures to pass anti-lynching laws, officials involved in the negotiations said Tuesday.