I’m shocked! White Christian Nationalist Republicans who want to impose an authoritarian theocracy in the United States similar to the Mullahs in Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan, and render women second class citizens without any rights especially over their own bodies, failed to provide the necessary votes for cloture (Senate filibuster rule) to make … Read more
Above: The GQP Freedom (sic) Caucus, more accurately described as the GQP Fascist Caucus. March is Women’s History Month, and the history of women in this country is being denied equal status under the U.S. Constitution. The closest women have ever come is white women attaining the right to vote with the 19th Amendment in … Read more
The House of Representatives is on “District Work Period” this week, but returns to work in Washington on February 1. So this can’t be done today, it will have to wait until next week, but get it done! The Huffington Post reports, A Trump-Era Memo Is Blocking The Equal Rights Amendment From Being Ratified Today: … Read more
Arizona House Democrats made a substitute motion to suspend the rules and bring HCR2010 Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to an immediate vote today (May 19, 2021). Republicans have been bringing us to the floor for one or two votes for several days in a row while they work their backroom budget deals, far … Read more
The Hill reports, House removes deadline for ratifying ERA: The House on Wednesday adopted H.J.Res 17, a resolution to remove the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to formally ban discrimination on the basis of sex as one of Democrats’ top legislative priorities. Lawmakers passed the resolution largely along party lines, 222-204, to … Read more