What Is the Status of the Equal Rights Amendment

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Multiple Choice

What is the status of the Equal Rights Amendment?

• A)It was ratified as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment.
• B)It has not been introduced in Congress since the 1800s.
• C)It has never cleared Congress.
• D)It has cleared Congress and is currently awaiting ratification by the states.
• E)It previously cleared Congress but failed to get ratification by states by the deadline.

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