FACT CHECK: Did Ashley Hinson vote to increase families’ take-home pay by thousands of dollars?
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - In the race for Iowa’s Open Senate Seat between Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek, some advertisements are focused on Iowans’ wallets.
Ads supporting Hinson are praising her work fighting higher costs.
“Everything costs more for working families these days,” said small business operator Abi Conway in one such ad from “One Nation.”
It is an arm of the Senate Leadership Fund - a Republican super PAC backing Hinson.
The ad includes this claim: “She voted to increase families’ take-home pay by over $9,000.”
This statement is tied to Hinson’s vote for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The White House put out projections claiming a family of four in Iowa would see take-home pay rise as much as $9,900.
However, the level of someone’s salary can mean differences in how much the bill impacts take-home pay.
According to the Congressional Budget Office - the top 10-percent of earners, meaning households earning at least $251,000 a year - saw an extra $12,044. Those savings came mostly from reduced federal taxes.
For those who make less than that, take-home pay did not go up by nearly that amount. The other 90% saw on average an extra $650 from the bill.
The lowest 30% of earners actually saw their net resources decrease.
A more recent analysis from the Brookings Institute backed up that analysis - showing only the top 5% of incomes saw tax savings of more than $9,000 this year.
Ad highlights housing, healthcare bills
The ad also features Air Force veteran Ron Slagle applauding Representative Hinson.
“She co-sponsored a bill to help teachers and first responders buy their first home,” he said.
Last year, Hinson signed on to the HELPERS Act - which would create a federal loan program for first responders and teachers to buy their first home at a lower cost.
Fifth-generation farmer Brandon Gingerich also appeared in the ad, stating that the congresswomen “introduced a bill to improve access to rural healthcare.”
Hinson did introduce the RNs for Rural Health Act last year.
It would allow registered nurses to conduct annual wellness visits in rural health centers under Medicare - something they can already do in other health centers. That would give rural health clinics more flexibility to offer care.
Both bills have seen no action since being introduced.
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