Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Senate Republicans should use nuclear option to pass continuing resolution

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on shutdown

The impacts of the longest government shutdown in US history are being felt across the nation with Republicans and Democrats still at odds. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss that and other issues.

In an interview Friday with LiveNow Sr. Digital Journalist Josh Breslow, Republican Congressional representative Marjorie Taylor Green says she has urged Senate Democrats to pass the House’s Continuing Resolution and supports Senate Republicans using the nuclear option to kill the filibuster.

"I've been calling for Democrats in the Senate to vote on the CR that we passed in the House to reopen the government. And if they're unwilling to do it, over a month ago, I asked my Senate Republican colleagues to use the nuclear option and override the filibuster and pass the CR themselves," said Greene.

American families are feeling the impacts of food insecurity as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) is only partially funded, flight reductions are wreaking havoc across the country, and hundreds of thousands of government workers are not getting paid.

Greene’s Georgia district is rural and overwhelmingly voted for President Trump. Greene says her constituents are hurting and have been since COVID.

"There's financial hardship there. Many small businesses were shuttered because of COVID lockdowns. They're still trying to get back on track with education and schooling, as that was damaged as well through the COVID era, but they also really want America first policies. This is what they voted for," said Greene. 

Greene says not having the House in session during the government shutdown is unacceptable

The House has been out of session since Sept. 19, 2025, after passing a continuing resolution and Speaker Johnson has not called lawmakers back to Washington, D.C. Greene says that is wrong.

"I find that absolutely unacceptable. The American people are going to work every single day. The American People are the ones that voted for us to represent them. The American Peoples are the one that pay the taxes that literally fund the government where we receive our paychecks. I'm not taking a paycheck during the shutdown, but I know some of my colleagues are. And so I think it's absolutely the worst move and it's the worst political move. To have the house in recess and for us to not be here working."

Greene says Tuesday’s Democratic wins are an issue for Republicans 

Greene says there are issues with the Republican Party and that was seen in Tuesday’s election result.

"Well, it seems like Republicans in Washington, D.C., may be unified, but I don't think they are across the country. I think there's a lot of disenfranchised 2024 voters, and I think that was clearly obvious in Tuesday's election," said Green. "Now, there's pushback against me saying that, saying, well, we knew Virginia and New Jersey and New York would go Democrat, and of course that's true. I said the same thing, but I'm from Georgia, and we lost two statewide public service commission seats. And we lost them heavily. Democrats won those seats at 60%. Republicans only got 40%. There's other races in Pennsylvania and Mississippi proving the same thing, that voters are not happy." 

Republicans have to fix health insurance crisis  

Greene says Republicans have to work to fix the health insurance crisis as the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Plans, also referred to as Obamacare, are resulting in Americans facing higher costs as premiums rise.  

"My office is also flooded with phone calls of support because there's not a lot of people talking about the affordability crisis and the health insurance crisis," said Greene. "And I've been pushing very hard for my party, Republicans, to come up with a solution for this and I find it absolutely unacceptable that we haven't done that. Democrats created this health insurance financial crisis when they passed Obamacare and then again in 2021 when they passed the ACA tax credits, that by the way, they are the ones that set the date for those to expire this year. But again my party hasn't come up with a solution to fix it and Americans are going to go into debt and have to drop their insurance plans because open enrollment has caused them to see the numbers that they will not be able to pay for starting on January 1st." 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on her relationship with President Trump

During President Trump's campaign, Rep. Greene was one of his biggest supporters. Greene says she still supports the President but will call out issues when she sees them.

"I still support President Trump and I very much want to see his administration be successful. But at the same time, I will call out things that I see are going wrong. And right now, I see things going wrong and the proof is in the numbers and the proof is coming from the American people's mouths. We got to do a better job and we need to put America first."

The backstory:

Rep. Green has represented Georgia’s 14th congressional district since 2021.  Green serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability as Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), the House Committee on Homeland Security, the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.