Aiming to include an explicit bar against sex discrimination in the U.S. Constitution, the House will vote today on whether to nix the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
My report ahead of today's vote
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My report ahead of today's vote
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The House will begin debate on the vote to remove the deadline on the Equal Rights Amendment shortly, inching it ever closer to perhaps, one day, becoming the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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@CourthouseNews BREAKING: The final vote tally is coming up but the majority of votes needed to pass the resolution removing the deadline for ratification of the #EqualRightsAmendment has been reached.
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@CourthouseNews I should note when the majority threshold was reached, cheers and claps went up from the floor.
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BREAKING:
The Equal Rights Amendment has inched one step closer to becoming the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Thursday as the House voted 232-183 to approve a resolution removing a deadline that obstructs its ratification.
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BREAKING:
The Equal Rights Amendment has inched one step closer to becoming the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Thursday as the House voted 232-183 to approve a resolution removing a deadline that obstructs its ratification.
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#ERA
A complete list of who voted for and against passage of today's resolution available here:
clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll0…
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clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll0…
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