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ERA stalls as ratification teeters near deadline
Five years after Congress approved the equal rights amendment ERA remains three states short of the 38 needed for adoption. Since March 1975 only Indiana ratified, while Idaho Nebraska and Tennessee rescinded. Florida looms as next battleground with April legislative sessions and a hoped Senate victory. ERAmerica and allied groups reassess strategy as opposition grows led by Phyllis Schlafly and the Conservative Caucus.
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