Biden keeps quiet amid angry battle over government spending bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "The spending fight comes at a time when Trump has not shied away from seizing the spotlight as the incoming president, welcoming foreign leaders to his Mar-a-Lago home and making pronouncements on issues ranging from Syria to Ukraine.
42% : Democrats are bracing for the possibility that the chaos on Capitol Hill this week could be a preview of the volatile landscape that will emerge when Trump and the Republicans retake control of the White House and Senate in January.
37% : The first deal that Democrats reached with Republicans collapsed amid pressure from Trump and Musk.
33% : "A lot of people may think President Trump is already president ... but the truth is, he's not in the White House yet.
33% : Vice President Kamala Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic ticket after Biden exited the race, has also largely avoided the spotlight since her bruising loss to Trump in November.
24% : But Jeffries struck a less conciliatory tone when Johnson responded to Trump and Musk by initially offering a slimmed-down version of the original legislation, following consulting only with fellow Republicans.
22% : The limelight has rapidly shifted to Trump as Biden has kept a relatively low profile during the lame-duck period.
18% : "This is a Biden problem to solve," Trump posted on Truth Social, the social network he owns.
18% : But as Biden prepares to leave office in four weeks, after being forced to end his reelection campaign and watching his vice president lose, he signaled that he saw little reason to throw himself into a battle that erupted after Trump and his ally Elon Musk encouraged House Republicans to rebel against a bipartisan deal.
15% : "There may also be strategic reasons for Biden's relative silence: A desire to keep the focus on Republicans' internal discord as Trump is publicly attacking Republican lawmakers who torpedoed his plan to keep the government open on Thursday.

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