Boehner Asks Oberstar to Drop All GOP Earmarks From WRDA Bill

• By Jackie Kucinich
• Roll Call Staff
• May 25, 2010, 6:46 p.m.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) to disregard all Republican requests for projects in the Water Resources Development Act reauthorization he is drafting — even if the original sponsors have not yet withdrawn their projects.