It has been reported that Republicans charged on Sunday the Obama administration has been lax in keeping oil from the massive Gulf of Mexico spill away from shorelines.

With no oil gushing into the gulf for the first Sunday in almost three months, the GOP lawmakers appearing on news shows focused heavily on the clean-up efforts after the worst environmental disaster in U. S. history.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., said on CNN's "State of the Union", "This has mainly been a competence problem on the part of the administration in keeping oil off our shores."

He criticized what he called the administration's slow response in getting skimmers to the gulf and undertaking other clean-up efforts.

McConnell said, "This is mainly a failure of the administration."

It has been reported that Sen. David Vitter, R-La., charged President Barack Obama is trying to divert attention from the spill and has failed to make clean-up a priority.

"I'm afraid he's decided to deal with this issue, at least politically, by not coming back here and trying to move if off the front page instead of dealing with the issue forcefully," said Vitter, noting the president had not been to Louisiana since June 4.

It was further reported that the Louisiana senator, speaking on "Fox News Sunday," also asserted the administration's six-month offshore drilling moratorium could cost 140,000 jobs.

Vitter said, "It's already been a huge job-killer. If it continues six months, it will kill more jobs here than the oil spill itself. This could be a long-term economic hit." (With Inputs from Agencies)