the deficit by about $1.8 trillion over ten years with half the tax increases of the senate democrats plan. the house budget plan, the republican plan calls for no tax hikes at all, jenna. jenna: what is the reaction so far down in d.c.? reporter: well, ironically the first criticism came from the left. vermont senator bernie sanders who is an independent but he caucuses with democrats took a present eplt tiff shot yesterday. he said the budget proposal breaks with the president s 2008 promise not to cut social security. actually it trims the annual increase in benefits. but sanders said, quote, millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat and women will be extremely disappointed if president obama caves into the long-standing republican effort to cut social security. house speaker john boehner made clear he doesn t like the proposal though he stopped short of actually rejecting it. he said, quote, the president and i were not able
administration, or with the president at least in this one case. absolutely. jon: let s put this day in the record books, shall we? you ve got it. jon: monica, thank you. thanks, jon. jenna: fox news is getting a sneak peak at president obama s new budget proposal even before it s released if we re going to talk a little bit about his policies. his plan is already getting serious push back. wendell goler is live at the white house. wendell, what details to we know now? reporter: we know it s based on the offer the president made to house speaker john boehner last december and the negotiations that failed to keep us from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. it includes a proposal to recalculate cost of living benefits for social security that will reduce the growth of benefits for most recipients. also a plan to increase tax revenue by closing loopholes. one administration official said, quote, this is not the president s ideal deficit reduction plan, this is a compromise prop
more stringent conservative-backed budget plan. let s talk a little bit, i want to show people some of the basic elements of the senate budget plan that came from the democrats, from patty murray. here is look at some of the biggest elements of that. it keeps obamacare. that is a given. some modest cuts to medicare providers. no specifics on social security, really no, you know, real cuts to entitlements at all, as opposed to paul ryan s plan. the other big headline there is that it doesn t make, it doesn t balance the budget at all. not 10 years, not anytime, right? that s right. it doesn t. it doesn t balance at all. and it is really interesting about this vote, because there will be some democrats, up for re-election in red states, in states that traditionally vote republican, that may have a tough time casting a vote for this particular budget. because it doesn t balance. also, remember, that a number of these senators
hill where there is many so action on the floor of the house. lawmakers are focused on the budget. they re expected to vote today on congressman paul ryan s plan. the house budget plan that he has proposed looks to balance the budget over the next 10 years by repealing president obama s health care law and creating a vouch every-like model for medicare. it also calls on lawmakers to address the issue of social security. something paul ryan talked about quite a bit. bret baier, anchor of special report joins us live. good morning, bret. good morning, martha. martha: what are we watching on the floor of the house today and what do we expect from the paul ryan vote? they expect this will pass. republicans probably don t have a lot of votes, the window that they will probably pass it by won t be probably that many. they can only afford 15 defections on this vote in order to get it through because all of the house democrats are expected to vote no, like they did last time. if the last
nomination with 96% of the vote. here s your first morning s dish of scrambled politics. republican senator rand paul talked about immigration reform to hispanic business leaders saying immigrants are an asset to america, but he didn t get very specific about his solutions. i think the conversation needs to start by acknowledging that we aren t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. if you wish to live and work in america, then we will find a place for you. when the senate votes on the democratic budget resolution this week, there may be a number of amendments voted on. vote a rama may include democratic amendments on the environment or republicans trying to substitute the house budget plan. and cool under pressure tuesday during his state of the city address when a man rushed onto the stage, threw down a