Obama: GOP tried to "sneak" agenda into budget

President Obama speaks at a DNC fundraiser at the Navy Pier in Chicago, April 14, 2011.

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Updated 9:10 a.m. ET

In what he thought was a private chat with campaign donors Thursday evening, President Obama offered the most revealing behind-the-scenes account to date of his budget negotiations with GOP leaders last week.

CBS Radio News White House correspondent Mark Knoller listened in to an audio feed of Mr. Obama's conversation with donors after other reporters traveling with the president had left the room.

In the candid remarks, Mr. Obama complains of Republican attempts to attach measures to the budget bill which would have effectively killed parts of his hard-won health care reform program.

"I said, 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate. You're not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget. You think we're stupid?'" recalled the president of his closed-door negotiations on the bill to fund the federal government until September. (listen to the remarks in the video at left)

Mr. Obama said he told House Speaker John Boehner and members of his staff that he'd spent a year and a half getting the sweeping health care legislation passed -- paying "significant political costs" along the way -- and wouldn't let them undo it in a six-month spending bill.

What's in the budget bill?

The bill, approved by Congress on Thursday, trims about $38 billion from the government's spending authority, though confusion and consternation over the size of the bill's actual spending cuts increased Thursday in the wake of a report showing the legislation would only bring a reduction of $352 million in non-war government outlays for the rest of this fiscal year since most of the cuts come from authorized funds not intended to be spent right away.

(At left, watch Bill Plante's report on the event)

Speaking into a microphone which he may not have realized was still relaying his remarks to the White House press room -- where Knoller had been listening to earlier remarks that were open to the press -- Mr. Obama bemoaned GOP leaders' attempts to attach a measure to the budget bill which would have cut funding for Planned Parenthood.

"Put it in a separate bill," the president said he told Boehner and his staff. "We'll call it up. And if you think you can overturn my veto, try it. But don't try to sneak this through."

In the end, the deal that was struck did see the Planned Parenthood measure, and a separate effort to defund parts of the health care program, voted on as stand-alone bills Thursday prior to the budget vote. Both measures failed in the Senate.

With the limited 2011 budget now set to hit Mr. Obama's desk following Thursday's vote, both he and his opponents across the aisle are expected to move quickly into negotiations on a much larger, multi-year budget, which both sides hope will trim trillions, rather than mere millions, from the nation's towering deficit.

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The president told his backers Thursday night that he expects Republicans to continue using that process to enact their political agenda under the guise of cutting spending. He specifically called into question the sincerity of Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who crafted the House GOP's controversial 2012 budget which includes significant and controversial cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

"When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, he's just being America's accountant ... This is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for," Mr. Obama told his supporters. "So it's not on the level."

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[WhoIs_JohnGalt]

Release the FULL TAPE!

[billholahan]

When the upper eschelon of our country pays its fair share of taxes, and the loopholes have been cleaned up, we will not have to cut social programs. Our grandchildren will be healthy and well educated. They can be more resourceful than we can imagine, able to live withint a smaller budget when necessary. They might be happy.

But if we cut education and health care, we might as well paint the gloomiest picture imaginable.

[moretruthnow]

Amen on that.

[amominillinois]

No! We have a SPENDING PROBLEM and unlike the person who overuses their credit cards to the point of bankruptcy the U.S. government will collapse. Governments don't go bankrupt they get handouts from other governments until their lenders refuse to bail them out anymore and then they collapse. It's time to grow up and face the fact that taxes alone will not solve this problem.

[reluctantzealot]

One day today's children are going to grow up and realize that the people of today have put so much debt on their backs that they are in fact indentured servants of the state. Heaven help us when they find out what we have done to them and their futures.

[amominillinois]

You can help stop it by telling people its better to cut social programs now rather than have no social programs latter. Call your political representatives and tell them to grow up and address the budget issue realistically. Everything needs to be cut across the board to be truly fair.

[dudecyber]

Post the ENTIRE sound track CBS or you are guilty of untruthful disclosure journalism!

[moretruthnow]

The President is well aware that the GOP have an agenda and it is not creating jobs or making sure the budget is reduced. Tax cuts are always at the top of the GOP agenda for the billionaires.

[billgates0001]

What an unsavory character, makes me wish I could move to Philipines or somewhere far away from this forsaken country.

[billholahan]

Whom are you calling unsavory? Would Hannibal find him appetizing? A bear perhaps?

[billholahan]

Let me type my response more accurately. The Obamas earn a lot of money privately, and they pay their fair share of taxes. Having assistants is one way of creating jobs.

I could only imagine the hoopla around the Trumps' entourage. Yikes!

[amominillinois]

Let's face facts both parties think that the money they use in Washington and in state government as "Their money". The media and the government through figures out in the billions and trillion while Americans have to budget in order to keep a roof over their heads. Remember if you're getting tax money back this year, YOU HAVE GIVEN the government an interest free loan for 12 months. It's not a gift from them but an overpayment by YOU!

[billholahan]

True, we are giving our government an interest free loan, but we have the right to have no taxes deducted from salaries. Regardless of whether one hates or appreciates paying taxes, we do have to budget our own resources. The reasons for government's posession of our tax dollars are many. Could they make profitable investments? Could they ensure the money is not used fraudently, and there is no theft? Do we trust anyone with our money?

Regardless, millionalres can tighten their belts and not collapse into destitution.

[billholahan]

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE TO UN-NAIL THEMSELVES FROM TEHIR PARTIY'S PLATFORM. The problem with making progress in Washington is that lawmakers will allow their party to think for them. Where is the individual self-assuredness, why can't lawmakers make good decisions even if it goea against the platform? How can anythihg ever be accomplished?

So much of this thread deals with name calling, mean spirited tactics. The conversations have more to do with hatred than with logical solutions to our tax code problems.

Millionaires will suffer no more or less than anyone elxe who shells out taxes every year. An SUV does not care who buys it. The assembly line workers do not care either. Why do some people think that when a millionaire buys an SUV it is a more valuable purchase than when a working class person buys it?

Why do people feel the need to protect millionaires? They do not create jobs from their personal incomes.

[Fed_Up_With_Barry]

"Obama: GOP tried to "sneak" agenda into budget"

Whew!! That was close, huh Barry?

I mean, you've been so gracious by keeping YOUR agenda out of the buydget, huh?

Yeah, RIGHT!!

ROTF-LMFAO

[Fed_Up_With_Barry]

How's that Kool-aid holding up? It must be getting a little "musty" by now... of course, it's about gone... just a trickle left... LOL!!