around the government continuing to be funded. but there's the issue of those deep spending cuts that kicked in late last week. and the president, according to a top adviser over the weekend, spent the time working the phones, talking to both republicans and democrats, talking to democrats specifically about making progress on entitlement reform. but also trying to sway republicans. take a listen. >> republicans who realize that, if we have that type of entitlement reform, they'd be willing to have tax reform that raises revenues to lower the deficit. >> the issue here is spending. spendsing is out of control. there are smarter ways to cut spending than the silly sequester the president demanded. so we need to address the long-term spending problems, but we can't cut our way to prosperity. >> reporter: so republicans still digging in, saying that they don't think there's a need for more revenue, that the president got those tax increases in that fiscal cliff