Senate Television via AP
Thanks to a 50-50 party split in the Senate for the next few years, a very small group of moderates from both parties who have indicated in the past a desire for bipartisan lawmaking may hold the key to success for a Joe Biden presidency.
West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin has constantly been mentioned as a potential party-switcher, as has Montana Senator Jon Tester. But both appear to have settled in their roles as the most prominent Democratic Party moderates in the Senate. On the Republican side, Sens. Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Lisa Murkowski have bucked the Republican majority for years on some issues and have all shown a willingness to work with Democrats on big legislation. The most recent example was on the $900 billion pandemic relief bill, in which the four senators played prominent roles.