Democrats Reach Back 40 Years

This is what qualifies as a fresh idea in the Democratic Party. What's next? Disco?

Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Sen. Robert Menendez — along with many other Democrats — took this as an attack on women’s rights and reintroduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Wednesday.

The “new” bill contains the same verbage as its 1972 equivalent. The two-page amendment simply states that equality could not be denied on the “account of sex” and that Congress would have the power to enforce this mandate.

Democrats saw the Wal-Mart case as a perfect backdrop to stage this movement, playing off the emotions of many women on the heels of what they see as a “set back” in the cause for equality.

“The Wal-Mart case decided by the Supreme Court this week is a classic example of how far attitudes must still come. The facts of the case support the view that over a million women were systematically denied equal pay by the world’s largest employer,” Maloney said.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/23/democrats-reintroduce-equal-rights-amendment-similar-to-1972-bill/#ixzz1Q6jC3deX