we ll see you here tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. it turns out all of our guests are of asian descent and expert about what we ve been seeing in atlanta except for one guest, which is, of course, senator john osoff, who will be joining us and also discussing the situation in atlanta and the situation in the united states senate. so, it s excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an bomb appoint
excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, and then to harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as the general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an obama appointee. then she became the trade counsel to the house ways and means committee, which has jurisdiction over international trade. today, katherine tai made history when she became the first member of the biden cabinet to be confirmed unanimously by the united states senate. the senate has never confirmed a more qualified u.s. trade representative. as united states trade re
back. ron reagan, author of a great book my father at 100. i ask, why isn t the president pushing for a larger jobs bill right now, and a straight reporter in a smart room for the washington post says if he does that he ll be attacked for the stimulus bill. if he s not proud of the stimulus bill, he s got a problem. he ought to be proud of the stimulus bill. he ought to be proud of the auto rescue, he ought to be proud of health care. those are history-making events which have helped make this country better and if he doesn t think so, who would? how can you hide from the best stuff you ve done? your thoughts. i couldn t agree more with you. it was nice to see that introduction in the pride of holy cross in worston, massachusetts, chris. you re so right. he rescued this economy. this economy was going off the cliff, and it was only because of the stimulus bill which, if he had added struthers, it would have been stronger. the fact that a third of the
100-plus-thousand federal workers added in the last year and a half since obama was inaugurated. they talk about the stimulus bill which was a ramp-up over a ten-year period. so they first want all of that rolled back to 2008 spending levels. and then they want us to go in and try and cut. the republican conference has tried to respond, came up with a you-cut proposal where members of the public and members of congress can offer up ideas where we can cut. first, let s get back to the spending levels we had back in 08 which would save nearly a trillion dollars. then we can go and try to find more fat within the federal government that we can eliminate. harold ford. congressman and savannah, i love your thinking of what the bhous may be saying. congressman, do you think typical republicans will be able to join forces with atypical or new voters that have come out in this election cycle to try to help republicans win, to help the tea party candidates to win?