Hours layer, Virginia became the 38th — and potentially final — state to ratify the amendment, which adds protections for women to the U.S. Constitution. Amendment supporters say the General Assembly vote meets the ratification threshold set by Congress when the amendment was first approved decades ago; opponents say the window for ratification has long since expired. ADIn an interview Wednesday inside her office near the Capitol, she said she “always wanted to get ink done at some point. ADRoem said the tattoo is an affirmation of Democrats’ goal to expand rights to people in the state who’ve long been without them. “And that is really genuinely and quite literally part of me.”ADBut, she added, it’s not all she cares about.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2020 18:01 UTC