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House Votes To Revive Equal Rights Amendment, Removing Ratification Deadline

The U.S. House has voted to remove the deadline on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in an attempt to revive the amendment. The 232-183 vote fell largely along party lines with five Republicans supporting the measure and zero Democrats opposing it.

Changing the deadline is a key part of one route that some ERA proponents believe would lead to the amendment becoming a part of the Constitution, but the path forward is uncertain.

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    Yeah I remember when the extended 1982 deadline to ratify that ran out, three states short of ratifying. Apparently it...
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