 Despite the Lever decision and domination of Congress by Democrats, some Northern Congressmen continued to raise the issue of black disfranchisement and resulting malapportionment.For instance, on December 6, 1920, Representative George H. Tinkham (R-MA) offered a resolution for the Committee of Census to investigate alleged disfranchisement of blacks.His intention was to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.