Statement by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Extension of Middle Class Tax Cuts, Dec. 18, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012.

The President has put a balanced, reasonable proposal on the table that achieves significant deficit reduction and reflects real compromise by meeting the Republicans halfway on revenue and more than halfway on spending from where each side started.  That is the essence of compromise.  The parameters of a deal are clear, and the President is willing to continue to work with Republicans to reach a bipartisan solution that averts the fiscal…