<P> However, most recently, ERA Action has both led and brought renewed vigor to the movement by instituting what has become known as the "three state strategy". It was in 2013 that ERA Action began to gain traction with this strategy through their coordination with Senate and House members not only to introduce legislation in both chambers to remove the ratification deadline, but also in gaining legislative sponsors . The Congressional Research Service then issued a report on the "three state strategy" on April 8, 2013 entitled "The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: Contemporary Ratification Issues", stating that the approach was viable . </P> <P> In 2014, under the auspices of ERA Action and their coalition partners, both the Virginia and Illinois state senates voted to ratify the ERA; however, votes were blocked in both states' House chambers . In the meantime, the ERA ratification movement continued with the resolution being introduced in 10 state legislatures . Then, on March 22 2017, the Nevada legislature became the first state in 40 years to ratify the ERA, and Illinois began to see movement again as well . </P> <P> The amendment has been reintroduced in every session of Congress since 1982 . Senator Ted Kennedy (D - MA) championed it in the Senate from the 99th Congress through the 110th Congress . Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) introduced the amendment symbolically at the end of the 111th Congress and has supported it in the 112th Congress . In the House of Representatives, Carolyn B. Maloney (D - NY) has sponsored it since the 105th Congress, most recently in August 2013 . </P> <P> In 1983, the ERA passed through House committees with the same text as in 1972; however, it failed by six votes to achieve the necessary two - thirds vote on the House floor . That was the last time that the ERA received a floor vote in the Congress . </P>

Explain two key reasons that the equal rights amendment might not have been ratified