Backing down on BP

Washington Post: Pressure on Boehner Pays Off?

We did it. Over 50,000 of you answered our call to action and held Republican Leader John “Big Oil” Boehner’s feet to the fire over his outrageous statement that American taxpayers should foot the bill to clean up BP’s unprecedented environmental disaster in the Gulf. After relentless pressure from activists like you, Big Oil Boehner backed down.

But our work is not done. Check out this Washington Post report on Boehner’s retraction:

Last week, after taking good deal of criticism, Boehner’s office finally made it clear that he supports holding BP responsible for the costs of not just the cleanup, but damages, too. But his office wouldn’t endorse any particular legislative means to make this happen.

Did you catch that? While Democrats in the House continue to fight tooth and nail to lift the outrageous “liability cap” that limits how much of the cleanup cost BP will is responsible for, Republicans continue to defend their fat cat Big Oil friends who line their campaign coffers.

Thank you for signing our petition last week calling on Republicans to hold BP 100% accountable. Help us send an overwhelming grassroots response and forward this email to five of your friends right now and encourage them to sign at BoehnerBPBailout.com. Then, share the petition on Facebook and Twitter!

Thanks for all you do,

Jon Vogel
DCCC Executive Director