host: cliff guffey? guest: i appreciate you calling in. u.s. the but the demonstrations, we have -- you asked about the demonstrations. we just had demonstrations across this country. we feel like the average is around 50,000 people. that is postal workers testing congressman for help. -- asking congressman for help. i would not say any congressman is not our friend. some support us more than others. i do not like to get into partisanship. i hope the government and the congress can set aside differences and solve the problem, not with a bill, but the name means that would allow the postal service to -- not with a belt, but it means that would allow the postal service to survive. host: matt has this tweet. can i guess, and why he thinks this pre funding and it applied to the u.s. postal service, does this apply to other agencies? guest: i can only speculate because i was not in the room with the gentleman, but anytime you say you cannot raise the rates to pay for something and put an additional $5.5 billi

host: cliff guffey?uest: i appreciate you calling in. u.s. the but the demonstrations, we have -- you asked about the demonstrations. we just had demonstrations across this country. we feel like the average is around 50,000 people. that is postal workers testing congressman for help. -- asking congressman for help. i would not say any congressman is not our friend. some support us more than others. i do not like to get into partisanship. i hope the government and the congress can set aside differences and solve the problem, not with a bill, but the name means that would allow the postal service to -- not with a belt, but it means that would allow the postal service to survive. host: matt has this tweet. can i guess, and why he thinks this pre funding and it applied to the u.s. postal service, does this apply to other agencies? guest: i can only speculate because i was not in the room with the gentleman, but anytime you say you cannot raise the rates to pay for something and put an additional $5.5 billion

cliff guffey, president of the american postal workers union. louis atkins from the postal [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> a reminder that you can see this hearing in its entirety at our video library at c-span.org. the center for strategic and international studies is hosting an all-day forum on intelligence and the terror threat. it begins with remarks by janet napolitano in about an hour at 8:00 eastern on our companion network, c-span3. in a few moments, today's headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." the nomination of wendy sherman. and about 45 minutes, we will focus on jobs, the economy, and the president's upcoming speech to congress with karen kerrigan, president and ceo of the small business and entrepreneurship council. dr. francis collins

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cliff guffey, president of the american postal workers union.is atkins from the postal [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in an election marred by moral scandal and political corruption, james plane lost in 1884. but he change political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series. the contenders, live from the blaine house in augusta, maine. learn more about this and other upcoming programs at c-span.org/thecontenders. spent on this constitution day a reminder that our new student can competition is underway. the topic, the the constitution and you. open to middle and high school students. $50,000 in prizes. the deadline is in january but you can get all the details now at student cam.org. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, celebrate constitution day with richard dreyfus. >> last week posted a policy conference on the impact of 9/11 on coalition building. and grassroots organizing here in the u.s. analysts address such issues as workplace and discrimination

host: cliff guffey?guest: i appreciate you calling in. u.s. the but the demonstrations, we have -- you asked about the demonstrations. we just had demonstrations across this country. we feel like the average is around 50,000 people. that is postal workers testing congressman for help. -- asking congressman for help. i would not say any congressman is not our friend. some support us more than others. i do not like to get into partisanship. i hope the government and the congress can set aside differences and solve the problem, not with a bill, but the name means that would allow the postal service to -- not with a belt, but it means that would allow the postal service to survive. host: matt has this tweet. can i guess, and why he thinks this pre funding and it applied to the u.s. postal service, does this apply to other agencies? guest: i can only speculate because i was not in the room with the gentleman, but anytime you say you cannot raise the rates to pay for something and put an additional $5.5 billio