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Title	Broadside, Vol. 9, No. 8, August 1978
Publisher	National Organization for Women, Houston Chapter
Date	August 1978
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Women--Political activity--Texas--Houston--Periodicals Women--Texas--Periodicals Women--Texas--Houston--Periodicals Feminism--United States--Periodicals Newsletters
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	National Organization for Women
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Houston, Texas
Genre (AAT)	periodicals
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Location	HQ1439 .H68 B75
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b3767173~S11
Digital Collection	Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters
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Transcript	The House Judiciary Committee passed ' H. J. Res. 638, giving an extension of time for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.• By a vote of 19-15, the committee extended ■the ratification deadline to June 30, 1982. the extension will"'suffice. New the resolution, goes to the full. House for a vote, and then to the Senate. '"' It was touch and ,go in the Judiciary Committee for a while, but the resolution passed. Committee members have said that the July 9 March for the E.R.A., for which 100,000 people rallied in Washington, D.C, and lobbying helped swing the pendulum in favor of the resolution. But 100,000 people gathering from all over the country in support of the E.R.A. and the extension may not be enough to convince Congress that the majority of Americans want more time to consider the E.R.A.—that it is indeed still a vital issue. Although the House will probably pass the resolution, there are claims that the Senate may not. However these confused and confusing claims about a possible anti-E.R.A. filibuster in the Senate are resolved, it is clear that we must not sit on our laurels and expect things to effortlessly glide along their proper course. We all must continue writing our U.S. Representatives and Senators urging them to vote for H.J.Res.638, and we must enlist our friends and neighbors, our work colleagues, our families in this necessary campaign. whoever said it would come easy, anyway? Whoever promised that after only a little effort (or even a lot), or a few years' involvement, or a little money, that we'd be able to turn entirely away from the struggle because we would have given our "share"? It is an ongoing struggle, and gaining a few (continued on page 2 )