friday, October 6, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 7
Senate votes today on extending ERA ratification date
A final Senate vote on extending the deadline for
ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment is expected
today with both sides predicting its passage.
In a key vote Wednesday, senators rejected 54 to 44
an amendment by Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, the opposi
tion leader, which would have allowed states who have
ratified the ERA to rescind their action.
Nebraska senators, Carl Curtis and Edward Zorinsky
supported the Garn amendment.
The Gam amendment would have applied only to
reversal actions taken after the extension period begins
and would not have applied to the rescisions already
made by four states, including Nebraska.
Gara conceded victory to the supporters of the bill
after the Wednesday vote.
"It is quite clear to me that the opponents have the
votes to pass the extension," Garn told the Associated
Press.
Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., principal extension spon
sor predicts the measure would pass by a comfortable
margin and expressed relief that the Garn amendment
had been defeated.
He said the passage of Gam's proposal "would have
effectively killed any chance for final ratification
of the Equal Rights Amendment," according to the AP.
Senate approval of rescision could have provided an ob
stacle in conference between the House and the Senate.
In August, the House passed a measure extending
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Dec 4, 1978
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Febr 21, 1979
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April 21, 1979
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the ERA ratification deadline from March 1979 to June
30, 1982.
If the extension is approved by Congress, it will be
the first such measure ever passed.
The Senate had earlier rejected attempts by Sen.
William Scott, R-Va., and by Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D.
111., to attach rescision measures to the bill.
If the bill is passed by the Senate it must then go to
a conference committee between the Senate and the
House to work out any differences.
A conference committee report must then be approved
by both bodies before the Congress adjourns in mid
October, leaving open the possibility of a filibuster by
Senate opponents after the bill comes back from
conference.
The ERA was approved by Congress in 1972 and
needed the ratification of 38 states to become part of the
Constitution.
Thirty-five states have ratified the measure with four
having voted to rescind their approval.
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