Posted on June 1, 2011

White House's Carney: Obama "Has Clearly Led In" Fight Against Debt

"What you're talking about is something we've heard before, and I think the president has clearly led in this. He established the Simpson-Bowles Commission, the fiscal commission that -- because Congress would not, he established, and those recommendations helped guide him as he drew up his proposal he put forward in his speech at GW," White House press secretary Jay Carney said about President Obama's involvement to tackle the budget and get a FY2012 budget passed.