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October 9, 2025

Greene warns GOP that shutdown strategy will hurt midterm elections

Rep. Greene warns shutdown hurts Republicans in 2026

In early October 2025, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke with GOP leaders and warned on cable TV that a prolonged government shutdown would damage Republican chances in the 2026 midterms.

Greene said she was 'absolutely disgusted' that Affordable Care Act tax credits could lapse and sharply raise premiums for millions. She urged Republicans to fix the expiring subsidies now to prevent a voter backlash. The Senate failed to advance competing funding measures multiple times that week, including failing to move the GOP 'clean' stopgap on Oct. 9, 2025.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly warned in early October 2025 that a continuing shutdown would hurt Republicans in the 2026 midterms.

On Oct. 7, 2025, Greene said she was 'absolutely disgusted' that enhanced ACA tax credits could expire and sharply raise premiums for millions of families, and she urged Republican action to prevent that outcome.

On Oct. 9, 2025, the Senate failed to advance the GOP clean short-term funding measure for the seventh time, losing by a 54-45 procedural vote.

The Democratic-led funding measure that included health care provisions also failed multiple times that week, with procedural failures reported across early October 2025.

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What You Can Do

1

civic action

Contact your senators to request they support a short-term funding measure that preserves ACA subsidies

Ask both senators to vote for a stopgap that extends enhanced ACA tax credits until Congress can act on a longer-term fix.

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learning more

Track open-enrollment changes for 2026 premiums

Watch and state marketplace updates starting Nov. 1, 2025, to see concrete premium impacts if federal subsidies lapse.

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