Nevada state Sen. Pat Spearman knew her resolution was 35 years late. If Nevada goes on to ratify the ERA, it would be the first state to do so since 1982. “This is one case where I hope what happens in Nevada doesn’t stay in Nevada,” Dabakis said. In Nevada, where the November election gave Democrats full control of the Legislature, lawmakers appear to be forging ahead. But efforts to revive it should start with Congress rather than states trying to ratify it decades after the deadline, he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 25, 2017 01:18 UTC