As the government shutdown enters its 13th day, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is breaking from most of her Republican colleagues on the issue at the center of the standoff: health care.
Greene is siding with Democrats to preserve Affordable Care Act subsidies, a move that's drawing attention inside and outside her district.
CBS News Atlanta traveled to Floyd County, the heart of Georgia's 14th Congressional District, to gauge voters' thoughts.
But in a recent CNN interview, Greene said she's hearing directly from constituents worried about losing access to health insurance if ACA tax credits expire.
"I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't going to be able to have health insurance," Greene said.
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican from Georgia, speaks to reporters as she arrives for a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, at the Republican National Committee office on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2025, in Washington, DC.
For Greene, who won reelection with 65 percent of the vote, opposing the subsidies could directly impact the very voters who helped send her to Washington. »
