WH Plans Deficit Speech Preview

The Hill reports:

House and Senate leaders from both parties will head to the White House Wednesday to preview President Obama's major speech on the deficit and debt.

Both House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will attend, and White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer confirmed over Twitter that other congressional leaders will as well.

White House press secretary Jay Carney refused to preview Obama's speech, saying only the president will lay out his "vision" for cutting the deficit.

Carney also voiced White House opposition to the GOP budget proposal laid out by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee, saying it lacks balance and would cut the deficit on the backs of the middle class, poor and seniors.

Asked if Obama thinks Ryan's proposal is fundamentally unfair, Carney said yes.