WASHINGTON — When Virginia last month became the 38th state to approve the Equal Rights Amendment, the constitutional process launched by Congress in 1972 appeared to finally have what it needed for ...

Ratifying a contract means approving it, not necessarily signing it. This occurs after two parties negotiate the details of a contract, but one or both of the parties does not have the authority to ...

(NEWS10) — Happy Ratification Day! Every year, the U.S. celebrates January 14 as ‘Ratification Day,’ a holiday celebrating the ratification of the Treaty of Paris by the U.S. Continental Congress, ...

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On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law of ...

Imagine walking into your polling place to vote, and being told that if a particular candidate won, all voters would receive $500. That sounds like something that should be illegal, right? But ...

The United States Senate voted to reject ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) on October 13, 1999. This determinate action by the Senate should have marked the end of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to ...

In a December 31 radio interview, Rep. Renee Co (Kabataan Party-list) said that barring lawmakers from formally explaining ...

Russia is withdrawing its ratification of a landmark deal designed to prohibit nuclear testing. The Russian state duma carried out the first in a series of votes today that will lead to the ...