House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is siding with Sen. Barbara Boxer in a dispute with her California counterpart, fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein, over a provision in a water projects bill that would restore water to drought-stricken Joaquin Valley.
Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, said she opposes a Feinstein-backed provision that would allow water to flow into the valley, which has been water-starved in part because of EPA regulations protecting the Delta smelt, an endangered fish.
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