Ashley Hinson

Voted for the Law That Cuts Medicaid, ACA Coverage, and Food Assistance

Hinson voted twice to pass H.R.1, the 2025 budget reconciliation law — on initial House passage[2] and again on final passage.[1] That single law:

• Adds Medicaid work requirements — 80 hours a month for adults covered under Medicaid expansion, or they lose coverage.[3]
• Tightens ACA marketplace coverage — new eligibility-verification requirements for the premium tax credits that make marketplace plans affordable.[4]
• Restructures SNAP food assistance — shifting costs onto the states and expanding work requirements for families who rely on it.[5]

There was no separate vote on any one of these — they were bundled into the bill she voted for, twice.

Voted to Keep Trump's Tariffs on Iowa's Doorstep

In February 2026, the U.S. House voted to end President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian goods — tariffs that raise costs for Iowa farmers and families and threaten the export markets Iowa agriculture depends on. Six Republicans crossed party lines to end them. Hinson did not: she voted No, siding with the tariffs.[6][7]

Caught Plagiarizing — Then Blamed Her Staff

In 2020, The New York Times found that Hinson had lifted verbatim passages more than a dozen times across her campaign website and published op-eds — copying language from the Times itself, the Des Moines Register, and The Hill, and echoing her opponent's veterans platform.[8][9]

Her response? She apologized but blamed her staff — “The staff responsible will be held accountable”[10] — then fired the consulting firm,[11] and called the whole thing “a partisan attack.”[12]

Booed at Home While Defending the Trump Agenda

At a May 2025 town hall in Decorah, constituents met Hinson with boos and jeers as she defended the Trump agenda.[13] Months earlier, her office had declined a constituent-organized town hall in Dubuque County, dismissing it as not a “genuine” event.[14]

A Washington War Chest, Built on Wall Street

Hinson's Senate campaign is sitting on a $6.7 million war chest,[15] fueled by more than $2.1 million from political action committees[15] and maxed-out $7,000 checks from Wall Street financiers — including Charles Schwab, Apollo's Marc Rowan, Elliott's Paul Singer, and AQR's Cliff Asness.[16]

Cosponsored a Federal “Personhood” Bill With No Exceptions

Hinson cosponsored the federal Life at Conception Act (H.R.431), which would extend constitutional personhood from the moment of fertilization and, as written, contains no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.[17]

Voted Against Protecting the Right to Contraception

When the U.S. House passed the Right to Contraception Act in 2022 — a bill to guarantee the right to access contraception — Hinson voted No.[18] The bill passed the House 228 to 195.[18]

Campaigns Against Congressional Stock Trading — While Her Household Holds Millions in Stock

Hinson has made a congressional stock-trading ban a centerpiece of her Senate campaign — “I don’t think members of Congress should be trading stocks” — and says she has divested her individual stocks. But her own financial disclosure reports her household holds $1 million to $5 million of privately held stock in High Street Insurance Partners through her husband.[19]

She backs the narrower Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R.7008)[32] rather than the broader ban, and she did not sign the discharge petition for the tougher Restore Trust in Congress Act, which would force members, their spouses, and their children to divest individual stocks.[31]

Voted Against Writing Roe Into Law — Twice

When the U.S. House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act to write Roe v. Wade’s abortion protections into federal law, Hinson voted No both times.

• Voted No on the Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R.3755, 2021)[21]
• Voted No again on the 2022 companion bill (H.R.8296, 2022)[30]

Voted No on Gun Safety — Even After Uvalde

In the weeks after the Uvalde school shooting, Congress passed the first major federal gun-safety law in decades. Hinson voted against it — and against an assault-weapons ban, too.

• Voted No on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, red-flag funding, and mental-health money; 14 Republicans voted yes, Hinson did not (S.2938, 2022)[23]
• Voted No on reinstating the federal ban on the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons (H.R.1808, 2022)[24]

Voted No on the Laws That Capped Insulin and Rebuilt Iowa’s Roads

Two bipartisan laws lowered drug costs and sent infrastructure money to Iowa. Hinson voted against both.

• Voted No on the Inflation Reduction Act — which capped insulin at $35 a month for Medicare, let Medicare negotiate drug prices, and extended ACA premium subsidies (H.R.5376, 2022)[22]
• Voted No on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — funding roads, bridges, water systems, and rural broadband, including money that flowed to Iowa; 13 House Republicans voted yes, Hinson did not (H.R.3684, 2021)[25]

In Line With the Party’s Hardline Agenda

From the Capitol attack to the culture wars, Hinson has voted with her party’s hardline wing.

• One week after the January 6 Capitol attack — and sworn in only ten days earlier — voted No on impeaching President Trump for incitement of insurrection; 10 Republicans voted yes, Hinson did not (H.Res.24, 2021)[26]
• Voted Yes on a nationwide ban barring transgender girls and women from female school sports teams (H.R.28, 2025)[27]
• Voted Yes on the Laken Riley Act, requiring federal detention of undocumented immigrants merely charged with — not convicted of — theft-related offenses (H.R.29, 2025)[28]

Booed at Her Own Town Hall — So She Scolded the Crowd

At her May 2025 town hall in Elkader, constituents booed Hinson as she defended her vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill — the same law that carries deep Medicaid cuts. Her response was to scold the room.[29]