Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene arrives for a meeting at the US Capitol on May 20, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/File

Republican leaders in Congress are very familiar with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene causing them problems .

But in a rare instance, she’s doing it from their political left.

The Georgia congresswoman on Monday night handed Democrats a significant arrow in their government shutdown quiver. She became the most prominent Republican to come out strongly in favor of the thing Democrats are demanding to reopen the government: an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies .

Republicans have avoided ruling out an extension of the subsidies, which polls show are very popular . But they’ve instead argued that it’s an issue for another time — after the shutdown is concluded.

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