“While floor statements from today's [congressional] representatives are typically delivered to empty galleries and published into unread oblivion, legislative debates in the Reconstruction era were widely disseminated and closely observed.” Reconstruction2015Informed CitizenPolitical ApathyC SpanLegislative Debates Book:The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the End of Reconstruction Source: The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the End of Reconstruction