Ayanna Pressley Moves to Force Vote on ERA

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) “will use a procedural gambit to force House consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment after first introducing the legislation at the start of the 118th Congress,” Politico reports.

“The resolution, if passed, would remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was first passed overwhelmingly in 1971 — then needed 38 states needed to ratify it within seven years. Only 35 states ratified the measure within the original timeline.”

“It would need at least five Republican yea votes in the House to get it across the finish line.“