In 1972, Sen. Ben Cardin was an on-the-rise Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates when that body voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment.

Now a third-term senator from Maryland, Cardin says he is excited about reviving the proposed constitutional amendment, which fell short of ratification in 1982.

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