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    House Votes To Revive Equal Rights Amendment, Removing Ratification Deadline

    Changing the deadline is one way ERA proponents are trying to make the amendment part of the Constitution, but there isn't legal consensus on the tactic, and the Senate is expected to kill the bill.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Feb 13, 2020 3 minutes
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks Wednesday at a press conference ahead of the House's vote to remove the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment.

    Updated at 1:33 p.m. ET

    The U.S. House has voted to remove the deadline on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in an attempt to revive the amendment. The 232-183 vote fell largely along party lines with five Republicans supporting the measure and zero Democrats opposing it.

    Changing the deadline is a key part of one route that some ERA proponents believe would lead to the amendment becoming a part of the Constitution, but the path

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