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The meaningless and pork-laden vote to end the Iraq war was something special. But then Democrats do one better by resurrecting the Equal Rights Amendment. No, seriously:

“Women’s equality has been for too long a dream deferred,” Congessmember Carolyn Maloney declared as she joined with several other House and Senate members last week to reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment.

The all-Democratic list of lawmakers, which included U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts), and joined by leading women’s rights groups, expressed their commitment to making sure that women finally achieve official equality in America through a Constitutional amendment.

Maloney (D- Queens/Manhattan) declared: “Women are under-represented in government and business, earn less than men, and are nearly twice as poor in old age. It is time to stop stalling and finish what we started 84 years ago. We are tired of excuses; women and girls in the United States deserve every opportunity that men have always had. Let’s make this the year we ratify ERA.”

Kennedy stated: “A bolder effort is clearly needed to finally live up to our commitment of full equality. The Equal Rights Amendment alone cannot remedy all discrimination, but it will clearly strengthen the ongoing efforts of women across the country to obtain equal treatment.”

Another lawmaker, Congressmember John Dingell (D- Michigan) thanked Maloney for “leading the charge on trying to pass this important legislation”.