A White House spokeswoman, Claire Buchan, said last night that the "president's senior advisers would recommend a veto" if a bill including the amendment ultimately reached his desk.
Ms. Wasserman Schultz sees the debate as a chance to rouse women of all generations, and Ms. Slaughter warns that if Mr. Obama signs a bill including the amendment, it will be challenged in court.
Supporters vowed to continue the fight for passage, the science lobbies geared up for the effort, and the bill, including the amendment, finally passed the House on 28 May.
These three members were the stiffest opposition to including the amendment, and the efforts of patients and parents who reached out to them really paid off.
told the Rules Committee on Monday night that he opposed including the amendment because it would set a precedent for local drinking water provisions in WRDA.
While at the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) from 2002-2005 and 2009-2013, Steve lobbied Congress and guided numerous ballot initiative campaigns, including the Amendment 64 campaign in Colorado.
The Senate had already approved the amendment a year earlier, but it took the president's proactive measures - such as including the amendment on the Republican Party platform in the next presidential elections - for the House to approve its passage.
The Commission takes the view that this issue should be tackled using a combination of different instruments, including the amendment of current Community legislation in order to better take account of new challenges.
The Senate last month included the amendment in its version of a bill allowing casinos in Massachusetts.
Each packet includes a copy of Equal Means Equal, a book by Jessica Neuwirth, president of the ERA Coalition, which campaigns to update the US constitution to include the amendment prohibiting discrimination against women and girls under the law.
