"You know, one of the problems that we got into late last week and that culminated on Saturday when I had finally decided that working with him privately wasn't working, is that, you know, they'd have some ideas, but they never would quite put them on paper.

Now, they talk about making substantive reforms in the entitlement programs, but never can quite get there. That and the fact is that they were continuing to insist on us raising taxes.

And so I think it's time for the president to put his plan on the table. And let's let the American people see just what the president is proposing. You can't go out there and talk about some $4 trillion deal, you know, an agreement to substantively change the fiscal situation here in Washington without any facts."