got the attention of the White House counsel , '' who then met with lawmakers Wednesday , he said . `` Unfortunately , the White House was unable or unwilling to answer even the most basic questions . '' Democrats slammed the subcommittee 's move , though some acknowledged the White House could be more forthcoming with information in the case . Veteran Rep. John Dingell , D-Michigan , said after the vote : `` I 've never seen a procedure quite like this . '' `` We are protesting here a sweeping subpoena , '' he said . Since Republicans have `` been able to find nothing '' wrong in what they 've looked at so far , they have `` increased the size of the net and reduced the size of the holes in the net as they go about this fishing expedition . '' The White House accused the House panel of choosing `` a partisan route . '' `` This administration has cooperated extensively with the committee 's investigation by producing over 85,000 pages of documents , including 20,000 pages produced just yesterday afternoon , '' White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement .
Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A House panel voted Thursday to subpoena the White House for documents related to the solar energy company Solyndra . The House Energy and Commerce Committee 's subcommittee on oversight and investigations voted along party lines , 14 to 9 , in favor of issuing the subpoenas for internal documents regarding the decision to issue more than half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees in 2010 to Solyndra , which later filed for bankruptcy . The decision followed a contentious debate among subcommittee members , with Republicans accusing the Obama administration of stonewalling , and some Democrats calling the subpoena resolution politically motivated . Rep. Cliff Stearns , the Republican chairman of the subcommittee , said the White House Office of Management and Budget earlier this year `` repeatedly failed to cooperate with our investigation and we agreed to put off a vote on that subpoena '' in hopes that engaging the White House could avoid the need for subpoenas . `` Only after repeated failed attempts to engage the White House did the committee notify the White House '' that it intended to discuss possible subpoenas , Stearns said . `` This finally