supported his proposals were in congress. its what he believes is a fair and balanced approach to the deficit challenge. the white house says the burden of cutting the deficit falls on the backs of the poor and middle class. what is the white house saying. the plan is growing criticism from the right and the left. john boehner says the cuts are needed to save programs and shouldn t be conditioned on tax hikes in a written statement boehner criticized the december deficit proposal the budget was maced on, said the president s last offer was significantly skewed in favor of higher taxes and included only modest entitlement savings. and bernie sanders, who caucus caucuses with democrats, says the budget a break s the president s promise not to reduce social security, he says, quote, millions of working