Sixty Days In, Ashley Hinson is Still Signing Off on Trump's War

Today marks 60 days since President Trump launched an unauthorized war against Iran without a single vote from Congress. Under the War Powers Act, today’s deadline triggers a legal obligation: authorize the war or end it. But Ashley Hinson is failing to act.

Since Trump launched the war on February 28, Hinson has voted three times against war powers resolutions that would have reined in the president’s authority.

The war has already cost American taxpayers $25 billion. Gas prices jumped nearly 27 cents in a single week as the conflict continues to threaten the Strait of Hormuz. Grocery prices are climbing as the war drives up fuel and fertilizer costs. In Iowa, where families are paying higher than the national average for gas, the price of Trump’s fuel surge is costing families.

“Ashley Hinson has voted three times to keep Trump’s war going while Iowans pay more than the average American for fuel and lose their health care,” said Senate Majority PAC spokesperson Christyna Thompson. “She didn’t miss a vote when it came to rubber-stamping Trump’s agenda, but she’s missing in action for Iowa. Iowans are going to remember that in November.”

The war isn’t the only place Hinson serves as a yes-man for Trump’s agenda. Last June, she voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, the largest cut to Medicaid and health funding in American history, to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. Nearly 137,000 Iowans who enroll in health insurance through the ACA marketplace stand to have higher premiums because of Hinson’s vote.