Rep. Ashley Hinson
Representative for Iowa’s 2nd District
pronounced ASH-lee // HIN-son
Hinson is the representative for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2023. Hinson’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. She is 41 years old.
She was previously the representative for Iowa’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 2021 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA2]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/456816-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Hinson proposed $37 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $11 million to City of Dubuque for “Dubuque Flood Mitigation Gates and Pumps”
- $5 million to City of Grinnell for “Grinnell Century-Old Water Facility Replacement”
- $5 million to Hawkeye Community College for “Smart Automation and Robotics Center”
View all requests and justifications on Hinson’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Hinson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Nov 26, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Ashley Hinson sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Hinson was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Hinson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (18%) Agriculture and Food (18%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Labor and Employment (11%) Families (11%) Education (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Immigration (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Hinson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9866: Access to LARCs Act
- H.Res. 1474: Supporting the designation of September 19, 2024, as “National Stillbirth Prevention Day”, recognizing …
- H.R. 9151: Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024
- H.Res. 1281: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish …
- H.R. 8659: Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act
- H.R. 8453: Fertilizer Research Act of 2024
- H.R. 8003: Securing American Agriculture Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to Nov 2024, Hinson missed 23 of 2,200 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Rep. Hinson for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
