House passes measure repealing deadline to ratify dormant ERA

Published February 13, 2020 4:53pm ET



The House on Thursday passed a resolution that would revive the dormant Equal Rights Amendment by repealing the 1982 deadline states failed to meet to ratify it.

The measure passed 232-183, with five Republicans in support and no Democrats opposing it. But it is likely never to become law. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he did not support the measure and that it faced legal challenges.

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