Democrats (38 votes)

                                                          Average Score
Permit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge         0.9
Raise taxes on oil companies                                   8.2
Reduce ethanol mandates                                        4.8
Relax the ban on offshore drilling                             1.8
Further tighten fuel-efficiency standards 
  for cars and light trucks                                    8.9

Permit drilling in ANWR

0. "Senseless, shortsighted, and stupid."

0. "Makes no difference, except in trashing the environment."

1. "[Drilling] would require me to get almost everything else I want."

2. "Because the dollar and U.S. economy are weak, people are investing in commodities like oil. Oil is the new gold. Conservation is key."

Raise taxes on oil companies

7. "They need to explain their astronomical profits."

10. "Stop subsidizing fat cats!"

Reduce ethanol mandates

4. "The science and economics in favor of ethanol have engendered less support lately."

4. "We have already begun to do this by moving away from corn-based ethanol to switchgrass and cellulosic ethanol."

Relax the ban on offshore drilling

0. "We can't fight climate change with more drilling. America is greedy for oil, but we have to break our addiction to have security."

0. "Allow the 68 million acres already leased to be drilled."

5. "With limits (such as environmental protection) and offsets (such as giving back other leases and dedicating the revenue generated to alternative-energy research)."

Tighten fuel-efficiency standards

10. "American automakers [are] crashing. [We] may need government requirements so they can compete with Toyota Prius."

10. "The Big Three will race to see who can get a 60-mpg SUV to the market first."

Republicans (41 votes)

                                                          Average Score
Permit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge          9.0
Raise taxes on oil companies                                    1.1
Reduce ethanol mandates                                         7.0
Relax the ban on offshore drilling                              9.4
Further tighten fuel-efficiency standards 
  for cars and light trucks                                     4.5

Permit drilling in ANWR

8. "Drill, here, there, and everywhere. This is an 80-20 issue in my district."

10. "Sixty-nine percent of the American people agree that domestic exploration is critical to ensure a stable, low-cost energy supply. Democrats are trying to tax and blame their way out of their gas-price problems, which just won't work."

Raise taxes on oil companies

0. "Raise taxes, and the oil companies will pass it on with even higher prices. That's Econ 101."

0. "We need a broad mix of energy solutions. Raising taxes, however, is anything but a solution."

10. "Reduce existing tax cuts."

Reduce ethanol mandates

5. "Why don't we eliminate the 58-cents-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol and the tariff on imported sugarcane?"

10. "Corn farmers will howl, but the rest of America would welcome some relief from high food prices. Ethanol is a boondoggle. Who will be the first to say that the corn farmer has no clothes?"

Relax the ban on offshore drilling

10. "Drill, drill, drill."

Tighten fuel-efficiency standards

0. "That's the job of the market, not the government."

2. "It's probably harmless, but the market (and gas over $4) is doing a much better job of convincing Americans to ditch their SUVs."

Q: Roughly, how many miles per gallon does your primary vehicle get?

10-19 mpg: 16%
20-29 mpg: 46%
30+ mpg:   38%

10-19 mpg: 28%
20-29 mpg: 46%
30+ mpg:   26%