White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, December 9, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011 – 1:56 P.M. EST

MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Welcome to the White House.  Thanks for coming to your daily briefing.  Before I get started, I just wanted to mention that I saw a report this morning that caught my attention for a couple reasons.  Throughout this payroll tax cut debate, and through the debate over the American Jobs Act, one of the consistent points that Republicans have made — in fact,…