House Republicans plan to force a floor vote next week aimed at embarrassing Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., for an alleged threat to retaliate against a GOP lawmaker who sought to eliminate one of his earmarks.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a written statement last night that he would support a privileged resolution that Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., is expected to offer Monday.

Rogers contends that Murtha, chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, threatened on the floor yesterday to deny earmarks to Rogers “now and forever” in retaliation for Rogers’ unsuccessful effort May 11 to strip a Murtha earmark from the fiscal 2008 intelligence authorization bill (HR 2082).

New rules adopted this year say a member “may not condition the inclusion of language to provide funding for a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution . . . on any vote cast by another member.”

In a written statement today, did not confirm or deny what he may have said to Rogers on the floor yesterday. Instead he said, “The committee and staff give every Democrat and Republican the same consideration. We have extensive hearings and every request is given careful consideration. We will continue to do just that.”