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Significant disagreements. and also saying, in terms of specifically what some of the issues were, he talked about revenue streams. he said that republicans wanted to take revenue off the table. he said for his part it's not off the table. and we heard from kevin mccarthy earlier who said the president told him it was off the table. obviously, major miscommunication and the two sides are far apart. now, the reporting over the weekend showed that the latest gop proposal added in a couple things that weren't initially in there, immigration proposals as well as more requirements for food stamps, ...
Spending cap situation is, how much money they're going to be saving in the future as we parodies issues to get, there that work requirements, all of, that still on the table. mccarthy is making it very clear he does not want to negotiate in the process. the bottom line here, alex, a very big tonal shouts. much better place than where we were yesterday when talks completely fell apart between the two leaders. here's mccarthy on fox news, just before he was able to talk to us, and before he had the phone call with the president. bernie sanders following that on our air, watch. >> well he really...
Other than to say that they have agreed on a process for getting there. >> nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so the only thing that has changed is we finally have a format that has proven to work years in the past. >> a format. jeremy diamond has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden on tuesday emerged from the negotiations with congressional leaders saying that the discussions were productive and that they are making progress towards a deal that could avoid the u.s. potentially heading towards default. of course there has been some progress in the negotiations t...
Means? i assume he means medicaid. but snap or food assistance is another area they are looking for. is that what the president is opening for? >> he's not. so a white house official tells me that the president thinks there could be some possibility in other potential areas, but as he went on to say, nothing of consequence. so snap, no. medicaid, no. he's not willing to go beyond what he already voted for there. now one area that the white house is signaling they could negotiate with republicans on is those spending caps they might be willing to agree to a spending cap. the question of that wo...