ERA supporters vowed to try again with the full committee, which could choose to resurrect the legislation when it meets Friday. “We’re not out of moves,” said Eileen Davis, founder of Women Matter, one of many feminist organizations pushing for a vote. A majority of lawmakers in both the House and the Senate — both narrowly controlled by Republicans — signed on as sponsors of ERA bills this year. At the House subcommittee hearing Tuesday, Sturtevant said his bill supported “a fundamental American value” of “treating people equally based on their immutable characteristics.” Three House Democrats also presented bills of their own. 1 of the House Privileges and Elections Committee voted to kill the ERA bills Tuesday at a packed early-morning hearing, while the two Democrats on the subcommittee — Dels.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2019 15:55 UTC