Ayanna Pressley Demands Congress Lift Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Deadline — 44 Years After It Came and Went

Supporters of the failed federal Equal Rights Amendment are calling on Congress to remove the deadline it set for the states to approve it. U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) held a press conference with other supporters designed to try to resuscitate the proposed amendment on Wednesday, December 13, the 100th anniversary of the initial introduction of a version of the amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives, her office said.

Supporters of the failed federal Equal Rights Amendment are calling on Congress to remove the deadline it set for the states to approve it. U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) held a press conference with other supporters designed to try to resuscitate the proposed amendment on Wednesday, December 13, the 100th anniversary of the initial introduction of a version of the amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives, her office said.…