The Importance of Being Ernst

Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst taught Sen. Tom Harkin what true class looks like after he said, “I don’t care if she’s as good looking as Taylor Swift or as nice as Mr. Rogers, but if she votes like Michele Bachmann, she’s wrong for the state of Iowa.” Ernst replied by stating she was going […]

Senate Legislative Update for September 12, 2014

With only two weeks left before the Senate goes out of session for the month of October, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has decided to waste time – time that could be spent working on funding our government. Instead, Reid chose to focus the bulk of the week highlighting a measure that would restrict the […]

Senate Legislative Update for August 1, 2014

The Senate was busy this week closing out legislative items before leaving for the August recess. Israel Resolution: On Tuesday, the Senate passed a resolution supporting Israel’s right to defend itself against the terrorist group Hamas. It also condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that called for an investigation into potential human rights […]

Senate Legislative Update for July 25, 2014

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed this treaty by a vote of 12-6. It is likely that the Senate will bring this United Nations treaty to the floor for a vote in September. To read CWALAC’s letter on the CRPD, click here. Action: Please […]

Senate Legislative Update for July 18, 2014

Anti-Religious Liberty Vote: This week, Senate Democrats tried to pass an anti-religious liberty bill that would restrict American’s First Amendment rights like never before. 60-votes were needed in a crucial procedural vote. If passed, S.2578 would have trumped the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling. Members stopped this by a vote of 56-43. CWALAC sent a […]

Senate Legislative Update for July 18, 2014

Anti-Religious Liberty Vote: This week, Senate Democrats tried to pass an anti-religious liberty bill that would restrict American’s First Amendment rights like never before. 60-votes were needed in a crucial procedural vote. If passed, S.2578 would have trumped the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling. Members stopped this by a vote of 56-43.       […]

CWALAC Opposition letter to S. 2578 (Anti-Religious Liberty bill)

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) wishes to express our opposition to S. 2578, the Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act. This bill would reduce religious freedom for Americans – a treacherous act that has not ever been done before – placing so-called access to birth control above citizens deeply-held beliefs.

“Red Alert” – Rockets fly in Israel

An alarm goes off on a cell phone in the middle of the night; it was sent from an app, “Red Alert,” warning of incoming rocket fire. This is currently a reality for our friends in Israel where more than 200 rockets have recently rained down.

Israel: A Nation Surrounded

We’ve all heard Israel described as a small nation surrounded by Arab nations, but have you ever wondered where all the terrorist organizations are located? Click here for a rather disturbing chart.

Senate Legislative Update for May 23, 2014

Human Rights Abuse: This week, Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) worked to help save a woman in Sudan who has been sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith.

CWALAC Barron Opposition Letter

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) and its more than half a million members around the country respectfully ask that you oppose the nomination of David J. Barron to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. To read more, click here.  

Senate Legislative Update for May 16, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: This week the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Boko Haram threat. Officials from the Pentagon testified on their current U.S. efforts to provide aid to the Nigerian military. For more information, click here. Reid’s Personal Vendetta: For months, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has […]

Senate Legislative Update for May 9, 2014

Tuesday, each female member of the Senate signed on to a letter to President Obama calling for the Administration to address the issue of 276 girls who were abducted in Nigeria. For more information, click here. To read the letter, click here.

More than 200 Girls Abducted by Nigerian Terrorist Group

Who would be so brazen as to admit to the world that his terrorist group abducted more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school in the middle of the night? Boko Haram admitted earlier this week that it kidnapped the girls from their school in Chibok on April 14. That bold move has caught the […]

Senate Legislative Update for May 2, 2014

As a result of the “nuclear option” that Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) implemented last year, the Senate continues to hastily push through judicial nominations. Monday, the Senate approved the nomination of Michelle T. Friedland for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the almost impossible battle of stopping this nomination (because of the “nuclear option” […]