Roses and Radicals by Susan Zimet5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() … That is why the Senate today should vote in favor of advancing this ERA resolution, so we can bring our nation one step closer to greater justice, greater equality, and a more perfect union. “It removes the arbitrary deadline for state ratification of the ERA that was imposed in the 1970s. ![]() “The resolution is simple,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York). 4 would declare the ERA, “which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, was ratified by three-fourths of the states, and is therefore a valid constitutional amendment, regardless of any time limit that was in the original proposal.” (The ERA has satisfied all Article V requirements to amend the Constitution: a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate, achieved in 19, and ratification by three-fourths of the states, after Virginia became the 38th and final state in January of 2020.) Constitution (including 90 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds). Polls that show 83 percent of Americans believe the ERA should be incorporated into the U.S. 4, which would declare the ERA ratified and valid, failed to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to bring it to the floor for debate and a vote. The Senate on Thursday had its first vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 40 years. ![]() “Make no mistake-here is the closest we’ve ever been to seeing full equality recognized and equal rights in the Constitution.” Republicans Block Senate Vote on ERA-But Advocates Vow to Continue the Fight ![]()
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