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President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at Lansdowne Resort. Andrew Harnik/AP

Joe Biden Hasn’t Lost Dems on Capitol Hill. Keeping Them Won’t Be So Simple.

Congressional Democrats largely stayed in line with Biden on their first day back to Capitol Hill. That may change soon.

President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at Lansdowne Resort. Andrew Harnik/AP

Joe Biden still has a long way to go to solidify his status as the Democratic nominee, but Monday might go down as the first day since his dismal debate when things got better and not worse for the president.

As lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill Monday, most Democrats weren’t offering their unequivocal support for the president — but there also wasn’t a new tide of lawmakers calling for Biden to step down either.

Instead, Democrats, once again, largely ducked questions surrounding the president Monday night.