The entire package — which would raise taxes on the wealthy and spend heavily on tax credits for lower-income workers, road projects, job training and universal preschool — has virtually no chance of getting enacted.

“In the president’s vision for our future, America’s budget never balances — ever,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it a “political stunt . . . that’s more about firing up the president’s base in an election year than about solving the nation’s biggest and most persistent long-term challenges.”