. >> chairman jeff bingaman, thank you for being c-span's newsmaker. we are back with our to reporters. -- back with our two reporters. what did you hear about the chairman about one some sort of bill might come to the floor? >> senator bingaman is a pragmatist and a master of the art of the possible. he says there has to be built by the end of july. they leave for august recess on august 6th, so that's the last possible date. that last week is for the elena kagan confirmation. there needs to be something in the next few weeks or there will not be anything. >> you pressed him on if it does not happen -- you both did -- if it does not happen before the end of july, then what? >> it could really be the last best chance because as the senator himself pointed out, there will be more republican seats in the next congress. people are saying if it is not possible to move something like this with this congress and this president and the momentum provided by this moment with this environmental disaster, if all of those forces together are not enough to push thr

guest: senator jeff bingaman's bill which has bipartisan support has a renewable electricity standard. it mandates that 40% of all the nation's electricity be generated -- 14% of all the nation's electricity generated by wind and sold there. that is significant energy policy. today, less than 5% of our electricity is generated from that source. that is a really big scale that's all. -- scale- up/ it overalls the national grid and put in place new transmission systems that are better suited for renewable electricity. it would put power lines in place from where wind and solar are generated. that is a significant step forward in energy policy. it creates a new agency that would give federal incentives for development of advanced, a new, clean energy technology. one of the really contentious pieces of that bill is that, when it was passed a year ago, it included new offshore drilling in the gulf of mexico. so that brought in republican by in. that will have to go. host:n it sounds like people interested in this should be watching and reading senator jeff bingaman's bill and not focusing

. >> sunday on news makers, energy committee chairman, senator jeff bingaman on how the new energy ands the gulf of mexico oil spill and greenhouse gas emissions. that is 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you washington, your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. >> now a discussion on the june unemployment numbers on the economy. this is about 45 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: at the table now emily kaiser, economics correspondent for reuters, lots of folks looking for bright spots in the economy. a couple of headlines out there this morning that aren't too bright. "the wall street journal," u.s. job picture darkens, payrolls are shringing, camera moves to the right, derth of jobs threatens recovery, that's "the washington post." explain what's happening right now? guest: we have a situation where the private sector is creating jobs, but not at a fast enough 35eus to meet up with the proper police station growth. private companies don't have the confidence to hire a lot of pe

host: senator jeff bingaman is chairman of the energy and natural resources committee. he'll be our guest on "newsmakers" tomorrow on c-span. steve, you're up first. prior, oklahoma. should mr. steele resign? caller: no, because i don't see nothing he's done wrong. i was wondering is democrats running the show today? sounds like 10-1 they wwnt him to resign. the way this country is going, and the problem in the white house, the staff of president obama seems to be lying to the whole country, and i don't know president obama thinks he has any help because he's letting the whole country go down the tubes and all the people that's democrats has to be delusional if they think this is any better than george bush because -- they can't blame him no more. this is under president obama and under the leadership of nancy pelosi and the democrat controlled congress has let this country go -- fall apart like california, illinois, the state of new york, the whole northeast has let this country fall apart. can anybody see it host: our last call from dunn, north carolina. john. indepen

i want to tell you that our guest today, 10:00 and then at 6:00, senator jeff bingaman. chairman of the energy and natural resource committee. about a minute and a half of the senator talking. >> i think it should do what it is in the process of doing, and that is secretary salazar has announced that he is going back to the drawing boards and is trying to develop a, another moratorium but a much more targeted moratorium. and one that would be appropriate to ensure the safety of drilling operations to the extent that the administration has concerned about that. but not have it in the blanket form that was earlier struck down by the court. i think that's the right way to proceed. clearly, the administration, at least clearly to me, the administration has authority to do that. and i think the administration has the responsibility to ensure that these drilling operations are done in a safe manner. to the extent that they don't have that assurance now, they are well within their rights and their responsibilities to put in place a moratorium to get control of the situation. i

. >> on newsmakers, then use -- center jeff bingaman on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico, and all of -- offshore drilling and gas regulation. that is tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who have served on the bench. read c-span's latest book, the supreme court, candid conversations with all the justices, active and retired, providing unique insight about the court. now available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> now, treasury official kenneth feinberg on the federal government oversight of executive pay. one year ago, he was appointed as a special and a straighter to oversee executive compensation of financial firms and automakers that receive large government bailouts. just last week, it was announced he will be stepping down from this position later this summer to focus on his new appointment as administrator of the $20 billion bp gulf oil compensation fund. he talked about these issues at a forum hosted by american university's washington law college. it is about 55 minutes. >> let me get started

"prime minister's questions," >> senator jeff bingaman, democrat from the mexico and chairman of theal resources committee, thank you for being our guest this week. joining us for questions is stephen powers from the "wall street journal"