A push led by Democrats to give more time for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment failed, not winning the support needed to clear a key 60-vote threshold.
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Almost all Republicans voted against the legislation, though Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, lobbied for it in floor remarks before the vote. "We've certainly made great strides as women since 1923, but there is a lot more that needs to be done," she said Lisa Sales, president of the Virginia NOW chapter, calls for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment outside the district courthouse in Washington, U.S., Sept. 28, 2022.The ERA was passed with bipartisan support in 1972 but ultimately fell short of the three-fourths majority of states needed to ratify it before a deadline set by Congress.
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