The White House  Office of the Press Secretary  Press Briefing
by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 12/13/2012  James S. Brady Press
Briefing Room  1:08 P.M. EST  MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon. 
Thanks for being here at the White House.  I have no
announcements, so let’s go straight to questions.  Jim.  Q   
Thank you, Jay.  Fiscal cliff:  At the start of the
negotiations, the White House welcomed the Republican movement
toward revenue.  You guys said that that was a good step in the
right direction.  I'm wondering, can you point to something that
the President has done that kind of has moved in the direction
of Republicans here?  The cuts that you’ve outlined have been
ones that have been in your budget.  You’ve asked for almost
double -- now you’ve come down to $1.4 trillion -- it’s almost
double what the Republicans have put on the table.  And you have
$200 billion in stimulus money there.  So what is it that -- can
you point to us how that is a negotiation?  MR. CARNEY:  Well,
it sounds like you’ve gotten some po