The phrase "agree on entitlement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a consensus or mutual understanding regarding rights or benefits that someone is entitled to.
Example: "After much discussion, we were finally able to agree on entitlement to the shared resources among the team members."
Alternatives: "reach a consensus on rights" or "come to an agreement on benefits".
Even if Mr. Obama and Republican leaders in Congress could agree on savings in Medicare and Medicaid, the president would face resistance from some liberal members of his party who oppose cuts in the two giant health care entitlement programs.
The Republicans say they have ruled out giving in on taxes again, but the Democrats are in no mood to accept big cuts to entitlement programmes unless the tax take rises.Nor do the two sides begin to agree on how entitlements ought to be reformed.
Republicans have acknowledged that the two parties will not be able to agree on Medicare and other entitlement programs — a "big, grand, global bargain" on debt reduction, as Mr. Ryan put it — before the August deadline for increasing the debt limit.
He signaled willingness for a grand bargain in which he would agree to entitlement cuts in return for higher taxes, principally on the wealthy, or by closing loopholes, to produce significant deficit reduction.
Mr. Durbin has suggested that if Congress cannot agree on changes to the tax code, entitlements and spending in six months, the automatic spending cuts and tax increases should go into effect.
Under a Trump administration, finding a way to lift budget caps depends on whether lawmakers and the president-elect can agree on a series of tax reforms and entitlement cuts, both of which could spark intraparty conflict.
There is no way the Senate and President Obama will agree on a long term deal to slash entitlements if House Republicans can only assent on cutting tax rates and eliminating a few deductions on "the rich".
"In the US, the priority is to avoid excessive fiscal consolidation in the short term, promptly raise the debt ceiling, and agree on a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation plan, focused on entitlement and tax reform," the IMF said.
