White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, May 31, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011 – 2:24 P.M. EDT

MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  I have no announcements to make, so I’ll start with questions. 

Ben.

Q    Thanks.  Two topics, please.  I wanted to ask you about what the President’s take is on this House Republican vote tonight on rejecting a debt limit increase unless there’s big spending cuts.  Does he think that this vote is a matter of substantive policy, or is this…