Rep Renee Ellmers on the Debt Ceiling Crisis

"We are engaged in a war on spending that started years before this crisis and will be waged for years to come," writes Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, who was a guest speaker at the Institute's monthly Conservative Women's Network luncheon recently. She offers her perspective on the debt ceiling crisis and the current debate before Congress in a Daily Caller article today.

Could Millennials be the Next 'Greatest Generation'?

Since we work with young college-age women, we tend to follow polls and trends of the 18 to 30 age group. Recent articles suggest those under age 30 — the Millennial generation — are facing tough times, and it's causing them to undergo the kind of philosophical shift that often occurs when reality overwhelms ideals. Could the tough times forge the Millennials into the next 'greatest generation'?

Economics, National Defense Displace Liberals' So-Called "Women's Issues"

Renowned pollster Kellyanne Conway, founder and president of the polling company/WomanTrend, spoke to a packed auditorium of women at the monthly Conservative Women’s Network on July 15th at the Heritage Foundation about just how apparent it has become that traditional liberal “women’s issues” continue to decline as fiscal issues rise. Women all over the country are unshackling the chains of liberal feminism and embracing their femininity in their drive to build a more optimistic America for their children and grandchildren.

The US Debt in an Easy-to-Understand Graphic

Most of us have a tough time understanding how enormous the US debt has grown in the last few years. One group cuts through the fog with a graphic that visualizes it.

"If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill; you are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back," writes the group. "The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them, this is what the U.S. Government has done while serving The People." Check it out if you dare.

Vermont's Healthcare Law: An Obamacare Case Study

"Vermont became the toast of liberals recently when its governor signed what has been billed as the nation's first single-payer health care law," writes Sally Pipes, a national health care expert. The state's law is a good Obamacare case study, since it "does little more than what's already required under Obamacare." But Vermont's government-run health care plan isn't living up to utopian promises. Rather it's "a program in which everything is free at the point of consumption but nothing much of value is available." Read how and why.

A Balanced Budget Amendment's Virtues

Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains why a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution offers a promising path to restoring national economic self-discipline, and how it might be structured to rein in profligate federal government spending. Read it here.

Poll: Young Hispanics Favor Conservative Economic Strategies

The Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog cites an interesting survey, by Kellyanne Conway's thepollingcompany/WomanTrends, of 18- to 29-year-old Hispanics indicating nearly 7 in 10 prefer conservative strategies to fix America's fiscal problems.