Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill voted today to remove the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The bipartisan vote ensures that the fight to enshrine women's rights in the Constitution is able to continue.
"Today, I voted to support the push for a constitutional amendment that I remember learning about when I was in kindergarten," saidRep. Sherrill. "We've been debating a version of this amendment for almost 100 years, since it was authored by a New Jersey woman named Alice Paul. The fact that the effort to enshrine women's rights in the Constitution has been so long and hard is not surprising, but I'm proud that with this vote we continue that work. I hope the Senate will join us in paving the way to finally ratify the Equal Rights Amendment after all this time."
The Equal Rights Amendment has had bipartisan support for decades, both in Congress and states across the country. The amendment is backed by an overwhelming majority of American voters, including near universal support among younger voters. There is a renewed push in support of the amendment in states that have yet to ratify it and today's vote helps keep the pathway to ratification open for them.
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