The tug of war continued today between Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the White House over documents related to the controversial Solyndra loan guarantee.

Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and investigations subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) pressed the White House in a letter today to do more to comply with subpoenas for internal documents related to Solyndra and make certain employees at the Office of Management and Budget available for interviews by committee legal staff.

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The committee served the executive offices of the president and vice president with subpoenas on Nov. 3 as part of its now nine-month investigation into the half-billion-dollar Department of Energy loan guarantee made to the now-bankrupt solar energy firm.

"To date, the White House has refused to answer even basic questions or engage with the Committee regarding the scope of documents in the possession of the White House, turning over just 136 pages of documents in response to the subpoenas," committee Republicans said in a release this afternoon. "The Committee is working to learn why every warning sign on Solyndra was ignored, leaving American taxpayers on the hook for the half billion dollar failed jobs program."

In their letter to the top legal adviser in the White House, Upton and Stearns also threatened to issue additional subpoenas if OMB does not do more to make staff available for interviews.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said legal counsel was reviewing the letter.

"We are entering month 10 of this investigation, and everything disclosed in the 185,000 pages of documents, nine committee staff briefings, five congressional hearings, emails from Solyndra investors, and committee interview with George Kaiser, affirms what we said on day one: This was a merit-based decision made by the Department of Energy," Schultz said today. "We only wish that some of the committee's zeal to investigate could be seen in efforts to create jobs or help the economy."

Click here to read the letter.