#shorts On 2/2/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “One more on the deficit reduction talks as it relates to the debt limit. So is the position of the White House that — you don’t want to negotiate, obviously, on the debt limit; that needs to happen — you say Congress needs to do that without conditions. So would that mean that any bipartisan proposal that the President agreed to as it relates to deficit reduction or debt reduction would have to happen after Congress raised the debt limit?

KJP: Well, I mean —

Reporter: I guess I’m just trying to figure out, sort of, the —

KJP: Yeah.

Reporter: — the process here. Like, what’s step one and what’s step two?

KJP: I don’t think there’s just one step. And the step is they need to live up to their congressional obligation.

there’s only one step here, and the one step is to do this without conditions.

Reporter: But the President has said, and you have said from this podium, that he is open to these negotiations and potential legislation — right? — on deficit and debt. Right?

KJP: When we’re talking about the national deficit, when we’re talking about lowering that, the President is willing to have good-faith conversation, which is something that he’s prioritized, right? We mentioned the $1.7 billion that he was able to lower the deficit

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/s-LJHnMd90Y
Q: what’s step one and what’s step two? A: only one step $1.7 billion lower the deficit