On January 8, 2026, Mike Collins of Georgia voted against restoring the enhanced health-insurance tax credits that the October 2025 shutdown was fought over; the extension passed the House without him but died in the Senate, and Georgia's marketplace enrollment fell by 8% in the first year without the credits.
On March 27, 2026, in the middle of a Homeland Security funding lapse, Collins voted for a House stopgap in place of the Senate's bill to reopen the department, which went unfunded for 75 days while airport security officers worked without pay. A month later he voted for the budget plan that sent ICE and Border Patrol money through a separate bill.
Mike Collins's Votes in the Shutdown Fights
- Collins Voted Against Restoring the Health Insurance Tax Credits at the Center of the 2025 Shutdown, in January 2026. On January 7, 2026, Mike Collins voted against the discharge motion that forced a House vote on a three-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits, the dispute at the center of the October and November 2025 shutdown. On January 8, he voted no on the extension, H.R. 1834, which passed 230 to 196 when 17 House Republicans joined with Democrats; the Senate never took it up, and the bill was read the second time and placed on the calendar. The credits had expired on December 31, 2025, and in 2026 premium payments from enrollees increased by an average of 58%, from $113 to $178 a month, KFF found. Nationally, ACA marketplace enrollment fell for the first time in seven years in 2026.
- Collins Voted for the Budget Plan That Funded ICE and Border Patrol Without the Limits at Issue in the 2026 Homeland Security Shutdown. On April 29, 2026, the day before Homeland Security reopened, Collins voted for the budget resolution Republicans wrote to provide up to $140 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through a separate reconciliation bill, outside the appropriations fight over new limits on immigration officers. He then voted for that bill, the Secure America Act, on June 9, 2026. Through the lapse, most ICE and Border Patrol operations continued largely unimpaired due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, NPR reported, while other parts of the department went unpaid.
- Collins Voted to Set Aside the Senate Bill to Reopen Homeland Security in March 2026; the Shutdown Lasted 75 Days. On March 27, 2026, during the 2026 Homeland Security funding lapse, Collins voted for a House resolution that answered the Senate-passed funding bill with an eight-week stopgap instead; The House bill passed on a 213-203 mostly party-line vote, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. The department went unfunded for 75 days in all, until the House passed the Senate bill on a voice vote earlier in the day on April 30. In that time more than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit, and the Coast Guard has halted the processing of merchant marine credentials, fisheries enforcement and routine maritime patrols, the Partnership for Public Service reported, effects that ended when the department reopened.
What the Shutdown Votes Mike Collins Cast Cost Georgia
- Health coverage. Georgia's effectuated ACA marketplace enrollment fell from 1,298,071 to 1,188,140, or 8%, between early 2025 and early 2026, the first year without the enhanced credits, according to KFF's state data.
- Food aid. During the October 2025 shutdown, as many as 1.4 million Georgians who rely on federal food assistance faced a halt to their November benefits, the Georgia Recorder reported; benefits resumed after the government reopened.
- Lost output. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that between $7 billion and $14 billion (in 2025 dollars) will not be recovered from the 2025 shutdown, NBC reported.
Frequently Asked Questions About Mike Collins on Government shutdowns
What is Mike Collins's record on government shutdowns under Trump?
Mike Collins of Georgia voted against restoring the health-insurance tax credits that were at the center of the 2025 shutdown, in a House vote that passed 230 to 196 without him. During the 2026 Homeland Security lapse he voted for a stopgap in place of the Senate's bill to reopen the department, which stayed unfunded for 75 days, and he voted for the budget plan that sent up to $140 billion to ICE and Border Patrol.
Did Mike Collins vote to extend the Obamacare tax credits?
No. Mike Collins voted against forcing a House vote on a three-year extension on January 7, 2026 and against the extension itself on January 8, 2026. The Senate never acted, so the credits stayed expired, and in Georgia 1,188,140 people were enrolled in marketplace plans in early 2026, down from 1,298,071 a year earlier.
Why did TSA officers go unpaid in 2026, and how did Mike Collins vote?
Mike Collins voted for a House stopgap on March 27, 2026 in place of the Senate-passed bill that would have reopened the Homeland Security Department, after the House had refused to vote on a Senate deal to fund it without new ICE and Border Patrol money. TSA officers worked without pay while ICE ran on money from the 2025 tax-and-spending law, and more than 400 TSA workers quit before the department reopened on April 30.
Last updated: 2026-10-25