o donnell. welcome to the black tie edition of the last word. our first guest tonight andrew weissmann and i were both at the same black tie event, he is the audience is about to see dressed so much more elegantly than i was. lawrence, lawrence, do not sell yourself short. you look very i wore one of these, the black tie and threw away the tuxedo jacket and put on this, i m getting away with it sort of. i like the full black tie for the friday, not the friday night show for the next week show, i think we deserve it in these trying times, i think we deserve lawrence o donnell wait to see my first guess you will demand in the future when andrew comes to the studio that he only show up and black tie, when you see this. from your words to my rider, i cannot wait to see both of you in your outfits this evening, momentarily. thank you, alex. have a good show. breaking news legals news tonight is undeterred by donald trump s legal delay tactics, judge tanya c
the extreme outside chance that somebody like haley could make a comeback. we will be talking about issues till september. tim miller, thank you for your time tonight my friend. that is our show for this evening, it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. welcome to the black tie edition of the last word. our first guest tonight andrew weissmann and i were both at the same black tie event, he as the audience is about to see dressed so much more elegantly than i was. lawrence, lawrence, do not sell yourself short. you look very i wore one of these, the black tie and threw away the tuxedo jacket and put on this, i m getting away with it sort of. i like the full black tie for the friday, not the friday night show for the next week show, i think we deserve it in these trying times, i think we deserve lawrence o donnell wait to see my first guess, you will demand in the future when andrew comes to the studio that he only show up and black tie, when you s
neil: helen writes neil: helen, you might want to talk to robert in florida. i m not an obama supporter but when you invite guests on proceeds to shout over, talk over, cut them off and lecture them. one of your guests called you an ass. he was spot on. scott e-mails neil, i get it. neil. more of your name? snake oil. it s speculators. supply is up. demand has not increased. pure speculation. scott, pure bull. demand is up. and the dollar is down and has been going down for years. because of the mockery of the budget process in washington, which hasn t produced a budget in years.
that we ought to be talking about. okay. let s talk about the gridlock there in washington, as the government delayed that shutdown by a valid six weeks. we were worrying about it a couple weeks ago when the house passed its spending bill. now, you ve said you want to end these budget showdowns with a two-year budget. how would that work and what kind of opposition would you have to it? well, there s actually growing support in the senate for a biannual budget proposal. it had a hearing yesterday before the budget committee and it s got had very strong support in that budget committee hearing. you know, the budget process in washington is not working. only twice in the last 30 years has a budget been produced on time given the current process. every president since ronald reagan has said, we ought to go to biannual budgeting. it will give congress a chance in the first year of the budget to put together the budget and the second year, to provide oversight and accountability. it w
has grown at 21% at a time when inflation in the overall economy was 3 1/2%. that s what the american people are objecting to. sean: what are you proposing? this isn t a glamorous subject. most people s eyes glaze over, but we have to reform the budget process in washington. we didn t pass a budget. we have a 3 1/2 trillion dollar enterprise called the federal government and we didn t pass a budget. it is dysfunctional, broken. we have 26 committees or subcommittees in congress that spend money. we don t have any committees in congress that save money for the american people. i ve got a plan to reform the budget process. as i said it is not a subject that a lot of people are that all that interested in but it would do more to change washington. sean: maybe you can get paris hilton or lindsay lohan do an ad for your budget plan and you can help sell it. in all seriousness, there is