The War on Truth, Smithsonian Edition

When a people forgets where they came from, they forget who they are. But America’s largest institution charged with preserving and sharing our history has been captured by an anti-American ideology that is lying to busloads of school children and international tourists for the sake of a corrosive political agenda. Now that it’s all finally […]

The Personhood Debate Expands

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way Americans live and work. Businesses, schools, governments, and consumers are racing to identify ways AI can improve their current systems and increase efficiency. AI is the name of the game. However, developers have reached beyond simple efficiency, and many programs are created to mimic human personality, simulate relationships, […]

Half of House Democrats Reject the U.S.-Israel Partnership

July 15, 2026, was a defining day for congressional Democrats. Over one hundred Democratic members of the House of Representatives, including party leadership, voted to bar all United States military funding to Israel. Last month, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky 4th) proposed an amendment to an annual national defense appropriations bill to prohibit the United States […]

Grieving Parents Confront Congress Over Sanctuary Policies

Written by Sarai McCullough and Serenity Porch, Government Affairs and Public Policy Interns at Concerned Women for America  On June 30, 2026, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing titled “Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives.” This hearing brought together lawmakers, a sheriff, a policy analyst, and two grieving parents […]

Big Abortion just got refunded. What’s next?

In a first-of-its-kind victory, Big Abortion businesses were stripped of all taxpayer-funded Medicaid dollars (its largest pool of federal funds) on July 4, 2025, as part of the historic passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts. But that provision was only set to last one year. On July 5, 2026, Big Abortion businesses like Planned […]

Congress Should Not Fix College Sports at the Expense of Female Athletes

Congress is attempting to address the growing college sports crisis. But they shouldn’t do it at the expense of female athletes. The issue of Name, Image, and Likeness, or NIL, has been roiling college athletics for several years now. The ability of college athletes to profit from their personal brands has caused a litany of […]

CWALAC Holds Capitol Hill Briefing to Support Moms

Abortion advocates would have the country believe that pro-lifers only care about the baby while it’s in the womb and have no regard for the mother or the child after it’s born. But the reality is that the pro-life community has created countless resources specifically to care for mom and baby throughout every step of […]

Weed Expansion Benefits No One

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just vetoed a bill that would have increased access to marijuana. If even she, one of the most liberal governors in the nation, sees the danger of expanding cannabis access, this development should be a warning to every state in the nation and the federal government, too. Current Virginia state law […]

Democrats Propose Bill to Repeal School Choice Program

Democrats say they’re pro-choice. Unless, of course, that means families getting to choose to send their children to a non-public school. This week in Congress, a number of Democrats made it clear that in that case, they are very much against choice. Last summer, Congress passed the first-ever federal school choice program as part of […]

The Status of the Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood in Congress

Last year, Congress delivered its most significant pro-life victory ever by ending federal funding to big abortion providers for a year. But on July 4th, America’s 250th birthday, that funding will be restored unless Congress acts. What is the current status of that effort? For decades, Planned Parenthood and other big abortion providers have leeched […]

Should Taxpayers Fund A Women’s Museum That Features Jazz Jennings?

Academics who do not know what a woman is should not be the taxpayer-funded gatekeepers of women’s history. But ever since Congress authorized the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum in 2020, the Smithsonian Institution has made it clear that gender ideology matters more than biological truth in its version of women’s history. Congress’s next move on the […]

Hostile Foreign Nations Are Influencing American Universities; Greater Transparency Is Needed

American universities are supposed to be the exemplar of what makes this country great. And yet malign foreign influence has been eroding the integrity of American higher education for years. Rather than turning out scholars and patriots, universities have become bastions of anti-American sentiment, woke academia, and treasure troves of sensitive information for nations that […]

Democrats Elevate LGBTQ Flag While Refusing to Fund the Government

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been shut down for almost two weeks after Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the February 13 deadline. But instead of trying to reach a deal with their Republican colleagues, Senate Democrats have a different priority – granting the LGBTQ rainbow flag the same Congressionally recognized […]

No, Requiring Voter ID is Not Sexist

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There are two similar bills causing the controversy du jour on Capitol Hill – the SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act. Both would better protect the integrity of elections in the U.S. by ensuring voter ID and requiring proof of citizenship. But opponents are arguing that, among other claims, these bills are sexist and […]

Markup Recap: The Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act

On February 3, 2026, the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary hosted a markup for H.R. 1028, the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. The bill, championed by Rep. Greb Stuebe (R-Florida 17th), requires sports national governing bodies (NGBs) to designate women’s and girls’ sports categories based on biological sex. After […]

Congress Passed School Choice; Now It’s Up to the States to Implement It

For many families, finances are the primary obstacle to escaping the public school system. Private schools are expensive; homeschooling usually requires one parent to stay at home part or full-time. Even extracurricular activities or tutoring require some kind of sacrifice. The result is that the number of families who desire school choice far outstrip those […]

What’s in Store for Congress in 2026

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) celebrated huge wins that came out of Congress in 2025. From the first federal school choice provision, defunding the big abortion industry, increasing the Child Tax Credit, to the first federal ban on men in women’s sports (just to name a few), a lot of progress was […]

Healthcare or Harm? House Votes This Week

Healthcare continues to be the talk of the town around Washington, and with the debates come its nasty neighbors, the antithesis of healthcare itself: abortion and “trans” mutilation. The House is setting up votes on three healthcare-related bills this week: the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, and the Lower […]

Congress Passes First-ever Permanent Protections for Female Athletes

The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA) and with it, the first-ever permanent protection for women in sports. During the first round of NDAA voting, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina 1st) offered an amendment to the bill that specifically prohibits men from competing on women’s sports teams […]