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  1. Matt Matt

    I’m in front of the Virginia Capitol, where the final ratification needed to make a US Consitutuinal amendment law MIGHT be passing later in the week? It’s pretty weird when history happens in your backyard.

    Tuesday, 15-Jan-19 20:34:02 UTC from web
    1. Matt Matt

      @mrmattimation I say “might” because although the state Senate voted to ratify 26-14 (to overwhelming cheers in the gallery), the House is 51-48 in the GOP’s favor and the Republican speaker is saying he’s just not gonna hold a vote. Through simple vote counting it’s pretty easy to deduce that they would have enough votes to pass it if the speaker would just bring the vote to the floor.

      Tuesday, 15-Jan-19 20:37:45 UTC from web
    2. Scribus Scribus

      @mrmattimation The term limit thing?

      Tuesday, 15-Jan-19 20:48:52 UTC from web
      1. Matt Matt

        @scribus Nah, equal rights amendment. (Removes distinctions between men and women in law, divorce, etc.) In theory I assumed it’d have bipartisan support because no distinctions means no “unfair” laws biased against men in, say, child support decisions. In practice, it’s a different story, I guess.

        Tuesday, 15-Jan-19 21:00:12 UTC from web