House Acts to Remove Deadline for Equal Rights Amendment

In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification.

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), joined from left by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and other congressional Democrats, holds up a copy of the Constitution during an event about their resolution to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 12, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.

The House approved the resolution, 232-183, sending it to the Senate. Five Republicans joined 227 Democrats to support the measure. No Democrat opposed it.