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Women's Rights & Issues

BigmanPigman

(52,208 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2020, 08:32 AM Feb 2020

U.S. House removes ERA ratification deadline, one obstacle to enactment

The U.S. House gave the Equal Rights Amendment a temporary new lease on life Thursday by voting to remove a 1982 deadline for ratification by the states.

The 232-to-183 vote, on a resolution introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), pushes the issue to the Senate, where Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a similar measure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-house-removes-era-ratification-deadline-one-obstacle-to-enactment/2020/02/13/e82aa802-4de5-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html

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U.S. House removes ERA ratification deadline, one obstacle to enactment (Original Post) BigmanPigman Feb 2020 OP

Will probably die on McConnell's desk like everything else Freddie Feb 2020 #1

I don't know the answer...good question though. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #2

Freddie

(9,662 posts)

1. Will probably die on McConnell's desk like everything else

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 08:38 AM

Feb 2020

But we can say “Republicans don’t want women to have equal rights” at election time.
Question: if we take the Senate in Nov can all the stuff that died on McConnell’s desk be brought to a vote or do we have to start over in the House?

BigmanPigman

(52,208 posts)

2. I don't know the answer...good question though.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 12:51 PM

Feb 2020

With any luck we will be rewarded for the past 3 years of suffering and not have to start fresh.

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