House Republicans have been making partisan and inaccurate attacks on the Obama Administration's swift response to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf.  The Republican leadership has consistently opposed and voted against bills to:

• strengthen our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil,
• create skilled new American clean energy jobs that can't be outsourced,
• boost American innovation to invent and build the clean energy technology that will power the world, and
• hold Big Oil accountable to explore and produce domestic energy on already leased lands, at competitive prices, in an clean and safe manner.

Despite Republicans' claims to support renewable energy and reducing American dependence on foreign oil, their votes support returning to the Bush Administration's “drill-only” energy policy that led to record profits for Big Oil, even greater U.S. dependence on oil from the Middle East, and record energy costs for America's working families.

Just yesterday, Republicans demonstrated their allegiance to special interests by offering a poison pill motion to the Home Star legislation - demonstrating, once again, that they are not serious about addressing energy independence or the creation of clean energy jobs.  On final passage, only 12 Republicans joined 234 Democrats to support the Home Star bill, which will create nearly 168,000 jobs in construction, manufacturing, and retail; and cut costs for consumers, decreasing energy bills by up to $500 per year for 3 million families.

The Republican leadership's “none of the above” record:

		AMERICAN ENERGY	MARKET OVERSIGHT	FREE OUR OIL	DRILL ACT	'USE IT OR LOSE IT'	PRICE GOUGING
	REP. BOEHNER MINORITY LEADER	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. CANTOR MINORITY WHIP	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. PENCE CONFERENCE CHAIR	NO	NOT VOTING	NO	NO	NO	NOT VOTING
	REP. MCMORRIS RODGERS VICE CHAIR	NO	AYE	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. MCCOTTER POLICY CHAIR	NO	AYE	NO	NO	NO	AYE
	REP. BURGESS POLICY VICE CHAIR	NO	NOT VOTING	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. CARTER CONFERENCE SECRETARY	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. SESSIONS NRCC CHAIR	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. MCCARTHY CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
		HR 6899	HR 6604	HR 6578	HR 6515	HR 6251	HR 6346

		GREEN JOBS	NOPEC PRICE FIXING	PUBLIC TRANSIT	ENERGY SECURITY	RECOVERY ACT	ACES	HOMESTAR
	REP. BOEHNER MINORITY LEADER	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. CANTOR MINORITY WHIP	NO	AYE	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. PENCE CONFERENCE CHAIR	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. MCMORRIS RODGERS VICE CHAIR	NO	NOT VOTING	NO	AYE	NO	NO	NO
	REP. MCCOTTER POLICY CHAIR	NO	AYE	AYE	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. BURGESS POLICY VICE CHAIR	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. CARTER CONFERENCE SECRETARY	NOT VOTING	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
	REP. SESSIONS NRCC CHAIR	NO	NOT VOTING	NO	AYE	NO	NO	NO
	REP. MCCARTHY CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP	NO	NO