LATEST: House of Representatives passes resolution clearing the path for a new Constitutional amendment to codify equal rights for women.
. Republicans voted against the resolution, with the exception of five GOP House members.
Equal Rights Amendment supporter Donna Granski, right, from Midlothian Va., cheers the passage of the House ERA Resolution in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Jan. 27, 2020. The resolution passed 27-12.Thursday's vote was the latest in the nearly century-long battle to ratify the ERA. The amendment has been in the works in Congress since the 1920s and picked up steam during the civil rights era.
"There is no constitutional prohibition for passing this," Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said on the House floor. File photo: Activists calling for Virginia's adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment gather outside the Virginia State Capitol building as the General Assembly prepared to convene in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 8, 2020. Virginia became the 38th state to pass the resolution on Jan. 27, 2020.
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