WASHINGTON (CNN)-- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday that President Barack Obama provided further
details of his
plans for entitlement reforms at the latest round of
deficit reduction talks at the White House.
The legislation, which had overwhelming bipartisan support in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, requires the president to
detail how the administration will implement the $ 1.2 trillion in sequestration cuts to domestic and defense programs scheduled for the start of 2013 if Congress is unable to agree on another
deficit -
reduction plan before the end of the year.