BREAKING: The Senate has voted 51-47 against removing the deadline that prevents the Equal Rights Amendment from being ratified and made a part of the United States Constitution.
The ERA, a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights under the law regardless of sex, was first introduced in Congress in 1923, though it did not pass until 1972. At least three-quarters of all 50 states, or a minimum of 38, must ratify an amendment for it to be added to the Constitution. Congress set a 1979 deadline for the ERA to be ratified by the states, later extending that deadline to 1982, though only 35 states had ratified it by that point.
Murkowski lamented the situation while speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, noting,"I'm not entirely pleased by the timing of our debate on this resolution because we have not yet secured the 60 votes needed for its passage. Schumer defended his timing while speaking on the Senate floor before the vote, arguing that the resolution is"as necessary as it is timely. America can never hope to be a land of freedom and opportunity so long as half its population is treated like second-class citizens. So 100 years after the ERA first came to Congress, the work is not done. The fight is yet to be won. The march continues.
After the resolution failed, Schumer switched his vote from yes to no, a procedural tactic allowing him to bring the resolution back up for consideration at a later date.
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