'Once again, Senate Republicans have failed to do the bare minimum to protect our rights and equality,' said RepPressley, co-chair of the Congressional Equal Rights Amendment Caucus. ERA
"It is shameful that despite the significant advances made in recent history, Americans continue to face discrimination on the basis of sex and lack equal rights in the Constitution," said the League of Women Voters CEO.Equal Rights Amendment supporters on Thursday slammed the vast majority of U.S. Senate Republicans for filibustering a resolution that would make the 100-year-old measure the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
The 51-47 vote to invoke cloture was short of the 60 needed for final consideration of the resolution. Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only Republicans to join all Democrats present in supporting a vote on the ERA. Sen. Dianne Feinstein remains"Today is a disappointing day for women," declared League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón.
"It is shameful that despite the significant advances made in recent history, Americans continue to face discrimination on the basis of sex and lack equal rights in the Constitution," she said."Inequality hurts everyone, and we must not continue to be a nation that harmfully excludes and marginalizes women."
“We believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy, and that includes equal rights under the law, first and foremost," Kase Solomón added."A strong democracy doesn't discriminate against women but empowers women. We will keep fighting, and we will keep showing up to hold our legislators accountable. Equality is essential to our democracy."
;𠇊 minority of Senators just voted to filibuster against #SJRes4, which would have ratified the ERA & provided constitutional equality for half of this country.\n\nIt is unbelievable that in 2023 women & LGBTQ+ people still don;’t have equal protection in the Constitution.;”
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