The House passes a measure to eliminate a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, reigniting the battle to add it to the Constitution
The measure, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California, passed the House largely along party lines by a vote of 232-183. Five Republicans voted in support, including Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Reed of New York and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey.
Wexton, who pushed for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment when she served in the Virginia state legislature, called the state's ratification of the proposed amendment"a very long time coming." "The message is clear that Virginia women and American women are not going away and we're demanding equality under the law," the congresswoman said. The historic vote in Virginia set the stage, however, for a new fight over the fate of the amendment.
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