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May 2, 2019

House Holds First Congressional Hearing on Equal Rights Amendment in 35 Years
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On Capitol Hill, a House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday held the
first congressional hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment in more than
35 years. The proposed constitutional amendment states simply, "Equality
of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of sex." The ERA was approved by
Congress in 1972 and was ratified by 35 states over the next
decade-three states short of the required total needed by a 1982
deadline. A bill by Congressmember Jackie Speier would eliminate that
deadline.


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