White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, December 21, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2011 – 12:41 P.M. EST
 
MR. CARNEY:  Hello, everybody.  Good afternoon.  Thanks for coming to the White House.

Before I get started, I would like to read to you something I am still looking for — here we go — a readout of the President’s calls with Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Harry Reid.  Today the President made separate phone calls to Speaker Boehner and Leader Reid. …