ERA
Equal Rights Amendment
Constitutional amendments are proposed by the Congress.
A proposed amendment is at the federal level and ratifications is at state level.
The Equal Rights Amendment was proposed in 1972. It said that equal rights under any federal, state, or local law could not be denied because of gender. To become part of the U.S. Constitution, the amendment had to be ratified by 38 states - that is, approved by a statewide vote - but only 35 states ratified it before the deadline, so the amendment did not become law.
The amendment process has two steps, proposal and ratification. The amendment must first be proposed a 2/3 vote of congress or by 2/3 of the state legislatures. Ratification occurs with a 3/4 vote of the state legislatures or a 3/4 vote of state conventions made up of delegates (not necessarily legislators) elected by the people. See the related link for more detail.
ratification
The Congress
Ratification of an amendment refers to the formal validation of a proposed law.
The proposed constitutional amendment did not pass.Voters rejected the proposed constitutional amendment.Unwilling to create more debt, the proposed constitutional amendment was bound to fail.
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Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Rights Amendment
In the US, the legislative branch (Congress) typically votes with a two-thirds majority in both houses to send a proposed constitutional amendment to the states for ratification.
Every Amendment to the U. S. Constitution to date has been proposed by the method of two thirds of each house of Congress approving the proposal before it goes to the states for ratification. Also, two-thirds of the states can hold conventions to propose amendments
2/3 vote
An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed in two ways; either through Congress or through a Constitutional Convention.