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CBS NEWS, ELIZABETH CAMPBELL The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) conversation is returning to Capitol Hill Tuesday as the House Judiciary Committee hosts the first congressional hearing in 36 years to discuss the legislation. The hearing will bring together four witnesses including a state senator, legal experts, and actor and advocate, Patricia Arquette Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-New York, is the sp... Read more »

HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today marked her 100th day serving the people of Central Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since her swearing-in day on January 3, Spanberger has worked to advance priorities important to the people of Virginia’s Seventh District—such as lowering prescription drug costs, expanding access to rural high-speed broadband internet acce... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today helped introduce bipartisan legislation to reaffirm and expand protections for LGBTQ people in Central Virginia and across the country. Currently, only 21 states explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, and this patchwork of protections is often insufficient to prevent the discrimination of LGBTQ people in emplo... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger helped introduce legislation to protect voter equality and ensure voter access in Virginia and across the country. Spanberger is a cosponsor of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) of 2019, which would require states and localities with a recent history of voter discrimination to seek federal approval from the U.S. Department of Justice... Read more »