{"id":1003511,"date":"2019-01-25T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003511"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:36","slug":"dnc-on-virginia-house-republicans-blocking-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-virginia-house-republicans-blocking-era\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Virginia House Republicans Blocking ERA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">DNC Women\u2019s Media Director Elizabeth Renda released the following statement condemning the Virginia House Republicans on the Privileges and Elections Committee, led by Republican Delegate Mark Cole, who refused to hear resolutions that would have advanced ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), <a href=\"https:\/\/vademocrats.org\/news\/shame-va-democrats-denounce-house-republicans-blocking-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/vademocrats.org\/news\/shame-va-democrats-denounce-house-republicans-blocking-era\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549468136349000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkxCX5Zi2gied8_EniKKF3SBBDDQ\">blocking<\/a> a full vote on the floor of the House of Delegates:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDelegate Mark Cole and his fellow Republicans in the House of Delegates may believe that they\u2019ve taken away Virginia\u2019s chance to make history by ratifying the ERA, but they are mistaken. This fight is far from over. These shameful efforts to obstruct the progress of equality for women in America will be remembered in history for exactly what they are: partisan-fueled, obstructionist politics at its worst. An overwhelming <a href=\"http:\/\/wasoncenter.cnu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dec-5-2018-Final-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/wasoncenter.cnu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dec-5-2018-Final-1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549468136349000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFjLVukF44uYqyJorbl8_TE55NTSA\">majority<\/a> of Virginians support the ratification of the ERA, and they are watching closely as Cole and his cronies on the Privileges and Elections Committee play their petty, political games to refuse women equal rights under the law. Democrats in the Virginia House and across the country will never stop fighting and leading for women\u2019s equality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Women\u2019s Media Director Elizabeth Renda released the following statement condemning the Virginia House Republicans on the Privileges and Elections Committee, led by Republican Delegate Mark Cole, who refused to hear resolutions that would have advanced ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), blocking a full vote on the floor of the House of Delegates: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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