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those budgets focused on entitlement spending. focused on discretionary spending and revenues. those the pieces that have to be part of an effective plan to reduce the deficit, and when one party decides to go after one area as opposed to others and the other parties does the same thing, that's the kind of gridlock that prevents the kind of necessary action that this country has to take to reduce the deficit. >> one follow-up. would you be one of the senior aides that would recommend that legislation be vetoed, because it's one-sided? the white house put out a staff to that effect. >...

captioning snsored by macne/lehrer productions >> lrer: good evening, i'm jim lehrer. n the newshour this friday, losses the lead sty, the u.s. uneloyment rate climbs to 9.8%. margaret warner looks what the numbe mean. then, t other news of the day. ray suarez reports orio's victory oer chicago in the big sweepstakes for the 2016 olympics. health corresponnt betty ann bows reviews the sene finance commite's health-care oposals. congre comes closer to alth-care reform than ever before. i'll be back with t story. >> lehr: then, mark shields and david brooks offer the weekly analysis. a...

>> lehrer: good evening, i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this friday, losses the lead story, the u.s. unemployment rate climbs to 9.8%. margaret warner looks at what the numbers mean. then, the other news of the day. ray suarez reports on rio's victory over chicago in the big sweepstakes for the 2016 olympics. health correspondent betty ann bowser reviews the senate finance committee's health-care proposals. congress comes closer to health-care reform than ever before. i'll be back with the story. >> lehrer: then, mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. and jeffrey...