Democrats 'largely fine' with Biden's absence during shutdown talks: 'Little clamor for him to return'

President Biden's disappearance while negotiations continue over a spending bill to fund the government past Friday is just fine with Democrats, according to a new report. 

"Biden has remained conspicuously absent outside a brief statement issued by his press secretary — and for now, Democrats said there was little clamor for him to return," Politico reported Thursday, one day after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump scuttled the first bipartisan spending bill.

The article said that despite the scramble to avert a government shutdown, "no one seemed to be looking to Biden for answers — and the lame-duck president gave no indication he had any desire to provide them."

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