Earlier today, the Senate voted 51–47 on whether to consider Senate Joint Resolution 4, which purports to eliminate the seven-year ratification deadline in the 1972 resolution proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). With fewer than 60 votes, the cloture vote failed, but every senator, whether supportive of or opposed to the ERA itself, should have rejected this charade.
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Black women in Congress specifically Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) are taking the lead in trying to revive the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to guarantee equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender.