 Those agreements discourage employees or investors from raising concerns with regulators. Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers is calling for President Biden to drop his re-election bid, even as the president insists he's ready to return to the campaign trail. Biden is resisting pressure to drop out of the election as appealing to the party to take on former President Trump. Sidelined with COVID-19, Biden's working to hold off the pressure from the Democrats at the highest levels.