In a March 22, 1979 file photo, from left: Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), stand at the podium during an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington. The dinner was held to celebrate the date of what would have been the expiration of the seven-year ratification period for the ERA before its extension by Congress.Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died Friday, July 4, 2008, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File )