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Sign the petition urging the House to VOTE on HJ Res 79 without delay!
Congress must VOTE to remove the time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment
Join the ERA Coalition in urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to schedule a vote on HJ Res 79, the bill to remove the time limit from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) without delay!
The ERA Coalition, the national organization representing more than 100 organizations, leaders across the country, allied organizations and millions of women and men, thanks the Judiciary Committee for voting to report HJ Res 79, the bill to remove the time limit from the 1972 ERA, for a vote on the House floor on November 13, 2019.
We now urge Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to schedule a floor vote on HJ Res 79 without delay. Legislation to ratify the ERA has been introduced in eleven of the thirteen non-ratified states this year, and Virginia is poised to become the required 38th state to vote to ratify the ERA in January 2020. The passage of HJ Res 79 is an important step to removing any obstacles to the constitutional amendment.
Despite the significant legal and legislative advances that have been made in recent decades, women continue to face discrimination on the basis of sex. The symptoms of this systemic discrimination are clear in the ongoing fights against unequal pay, workplace harassment, pregnancy discrimination, domestic violence and limited access to comprehensive healthcare. It is not enough to treat the symptoms; we must address the root cause of inequality by adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
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