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Our budget. we will put a budget up that says here is our plan for economic growth and balancing the budget, entitlement reform which is necessary to save medicare from bankruptcy and get this debt under control. the president hasn't offered any of those kinds of plans in public. they tried to do back room deals, but those seem to fall apart. we want to debate it in public to contrast these visions. >> i want to keep up with some terms you're using here. you say the president wants to raise tax rates. a lot of the democrats i talked to and even the white house said they are willing to do tax r...

Spending during the fiscal cliff negotiations. he didn't get that. they haven't put out a plan. the reason we wanted the debt limit extended was to showcase our budget. we will put a budget up that says here is our plan for economic growth and balancing the budget, entitlement reform which is necessary to save medicare from bankruptcy and get this debt under control. the president hasn't offered any of those kinds of plans in public. they tried to do back room deals, but those seem to fall apart. we want to debate it in public to contrast these visions. >> i want to keep up with some terms you...

Choice but to pronounce themselves encouraged because as charles pointed out it's almost a clean debt bill. it's a little longer than carney's thing they said they would be against, one month at a time. it's three months at a time. the ball is in their court. i have to say, the president is still sorely tempted to continue pushing. he sees he has gotten a confession. >> other than the fact that senate has to pass a budget. when they put the president's budget up for a vote in the senate, it failed -- >> right. we have a sequester and the continuing resolution coming up. right? there is going t...

Jenna: "his" being the president, senator sessions. is this personal? >> a budget has nothing to do with getting along with the president. you can't have a budget in the united states senate until the chairman of the committee calls a hearing and lays out his plan, and then it's all -- you have a chance to amend it. and then it goes to the floor, and you have a chance to amend it. what they've refused to do for three years is bring a budget up and lay one out. and it's because they don't want the american people to see, i think, what their view is and how divided they are and how unable they a...

Deficit. as i said -- >> let's listen to one more republican, senator jeff sessions of alabama. then we'll get your reaction to what he says as well. >> sure. >> now we are faced with taking on something as complex as entitlements that's deeply emotional as entitlements and the president of the united states is not even in the game? doesn't even suggest it has to be done? i mean, this is a -- you know, my wife says to me when i complain, don't blame me, you asked for the job. >> now, the republicans are saying the country faces a crisis and that the white house is responding with baby steps. d...