Senate Dems can look forward to unlikely MAGA allies
Senate Democrats could find some of their most surprising allies next Congress from the right wing of the Republican Party.
Key points
- Over the summer, Warren and Moreno released a sweeping plan to "save Social Security." Warren and Banks have tag-teamed on numerous tech and AI safety bills, including a joint statement on Nvidia this week.
- President Trump has specifically asked Congress to codify his most favored nations drug pricing deals, which could give Republicans an opening to work with Democrats.
- Hawley is often viewed as a loner in the GOP, pairing populist economics with hardcore culture war issues from abortion to transgender care to religious freedom.
What to watch: While there will be fewer this Congress, Democrats will also have a club of more moderate Republicans they can try to pick up too.
Why it matters: Senate Democrats are on track to need only four GOP votes to break filibusters next Congress.
Additional details
- This Congress came and worked for AI companies, and it worked for data centers, and it worked for big tech companies," he told reporters on Tuesday.
- Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) were among the loudest GOP voices opposing the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act credits last year.
- Zoom in: Watch the health care space, specifically undoing cuts passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and drug price controls.
- Schmitt worked with Warren in 2024 and 2025 to challenge Big Tech's dominance of Pentagon AI contracts, and with Sen.
- They could find those votes from a bloc of GOP senators with a shared appetite for taking on corporate power.
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