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Bracket. the president also proposes $50 billion in new infrastructure spending. it also includes several now proposals for universal pre-k paid for with a new tobacco tax and expands the child care tax credit for the middle class. the conference call previewing the presidents budget, senior administration officials called it a -- not a starting point but a sticking point. they said hammering out a deal with republicans may be, quote, a long and windy path but its possible. then they added, if t...

Couple of months ago. but they want real entitlement reform. they want not provider cuts, which are never followed through by congress. they want verifiable cuts. what you hear from republicans is we heard this before. we promise spending cuts that dont come through. they dont want an amount to replace the they want amount on top of the sequester and new cuts to replace sequester. not what the white house is offering. >> bret: the white house is not offering. they are saying they are willing to ...

If they are not able to do that and they are not able to pass in an up or down vote this punishment goes into effect these triggers. as it is set up now half are defense department cuts. that is a real problem for republicans. the other half is medicare cuts in these triggers but they are provider cuts for hospitals and doctors not on the beneficiary stuff. republicans said this is not a great deal on the cut thing. it tripped a few head count before speaker boehner today. >> the plot thickens. ...

Deeper cuts bigger cuts. if they are not able to do that and they are not able to pass in an up or down vote this punishment goes into effect these triggers. as it is set up now half are defense department cuts. that is a real problem for republicans. the other half is medicare cuts in these triggers but they are provider cuts for hospitals and doctors not on the beneficiary stuff. republicans said this is not a great deal on the cut thing. it tripped a few head count before speaker boehner toda...