this is mary kay henry, president of the service employees international union. this is just over half an hour. we want to welcome back to the table, mary kay henry. and i want to begin by talking about your political budget. you have about $44 million that you can spend on campaign 2010. will you spend it all? guest: yeah. the $44 million is the contribution of 300,000 of our members. they make decisions honor to prioritize their voice in this election. host: part of the citizens united case allowed unions like yours to dip into your general treasuries as well to spend on campaigns. will you do that? guest: we haven't done a lot of the general fund money. we've used the voluntary contribution of our members in order to finance this election. host: so how much total do you think you'll be spending on campaign 2010? guest: the $44 million. host: where will you spend the money? can you give us specific states? guest: well, our members are active in 44 states. i know there's increased activity and volunteer work of those in pennsylvania, ohio, florida. i was just in

we want to welcome back to the table, mary kay henry. and i want to begin by talking about your political budget. you have about $44 million that you can spend on campaign 2010. will you spend it all? guest: yeah. the $44 million is the contribution of 300,000 of our members. they make decisions honor to prioritize their voice in this election. host: part of the citizens united case allowed unions like yours to dip into your general treasuries as well to spend on campaigns. will you do that? guest: we haven't done a lot of the general fund money. we've used the voluntary contribution of our members in order to finance this election. host: so how much total do you think you'll be spending on campaign 2010? guest: the $44 million. host: where will you spend the money? can you give us specific states? guest: well, our members are active in 44 states. i know there's increased activity and volunteer work of those in pennsylvania, ohio, florida. i was just in nevada and arizona, illinois, washington, california. we are everywhere that our memb

let's bring in mary kay henry into the conversation. she is president of one of the nation's largest unions the service employees international union. mary kay, this is such a total shift for unions for working class americans to see those kinds of numbers. what do you make of it? >> well, chris, i think that working class americans are looking at the moment that we're in and confronting the crisis for working people and are going to face a very clear choice on november 2nd and i'm really confident that people will begin to examine who stands on building the middle class and who stands on the side of corporate interest. >> we're getting down to the wire here and you look at those numbers and, frapgly, they're pretty shocking. that is a huge gap, that is a huge gap. these are the folks who aditionally not only went to the polls but you folks in the unions got out to help get out the vote. they were instrumental in a lot of democratic victories all through the years. >> well, i am confident because i think people are very frustrated and an

among our guests, mary kay henry on the midterm elections. this is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. eastern on the west coast. thank you for being with us on sunday. have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> this week on "newsmakers," phil, chairman of the financial crisis inquiry commission, joining us from sacramento. and here in d.c., helping with questioning this morning, zachary of the "washington post." and daniel with the associated press. daniel has the first question. guest: mr. chairman, i understand you need to have a finished copy of the report to the printers sometime next month. so why don't you start by giving us an update on the commission's activities right now. how far along are you? >> we're working hard. as you know, we began our work last fall. we held 19 days of hearings across the country, washington, d.c. and new york, and in communities like bakers field, miami, las vegas, that have been hard hit by this crisis. we reviewed millions of page

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mary kay henry, president of the services employees international union talks about the money that plays in elections. and richard barrett, coordinator of the un-al qaeda taliban monitoring team reports that high level leaders are in negotiations for ending the war in afghanistan. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> one of the great features of the c-span 2 library is the ability to clip and share our programs with your friends. during this campaign season, that includes over 100 debates we have erred on c-span. what's the tutorial on how to clip and share right there on our website. -- watch the tutorial on how to clip and share right there on our website. >> we have a choice. >> we have a choice.

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[applause] >> and now, former union brothers and sisters, mary kay henry, the president of the international union. [applause] >> i stand here to represent the tribes across this nation. as tribal nations coming together but then this nation, with one nation, our strength is your strength. >> our strength is your strength. let's say it together. our strength is your strength. our strength is your strength. i am proud to stand with my friend today. we met each other yesterday. i am sure you all are meeting each other today and we know that as one nation, that we are stronger together. is that right? [applause] we know that as one nation, that when we come to join hands, as health care workers, public service workers, janitors, security officers, all of our union brothers and sisters, young people, old people, all across this nation, that we can make change happen and that is why we are here today. is that right? >> [applause] brothers and sisters are here today because we have had it. we have a corporate america that has higher and higher ceo pay and bonuses while workers are losing their job

mary kay henry talks about the union's role with elections and efforts to get voters to the polls.hen richard barrett, coordinator of the u.n.-taliban coordination. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is time to get your camera rolling for this year's student camera, the video documentary competition. make it 5-8 minute video on this year's fame, washington, d.c., through my legs. tell us about an issue or topic that helps to understand the role of the federal government in your life for community. include more than one point of view alone with c-span programming. the deadline is january 20th and you could win the grand prize of $5,000. there are $50,000 in total prize is. the c-span stood in video documentary competition is open to kids in grades 6-12. for more information log onto studentcam.org. >> now i debate for the u.s. senate race in florida. marco rubio, kendrick meek, and charlie crist. this was in fort lauderdale. the florida press association and the leadership florida organized the debate along with the wfor-tv in miami. this is about 55 min

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