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Skelton’s later efforts resulted in adding nearby homes that belonged to Truman’s relatives to the historic site and the farm in Grandview where, according to Truman’s mother, the future president developed his “common sense.”
So when Skelton got the letter from Divine asking about transferring the Lamar home to federal jurisdiction, he jumped at the chance. “ ... I was honored to oblige,” Skelton testified before a House subcommittee last year. “In my view, and in the view of the local community, doing so would add perhaps the most critical piece of Harry Truman’s life, the place of his birth, to the current group of national historic sites that honor the legacy of our 33rd president.” What’s more, Skelton noted in his testimony, this could foster economic development in Lamar and Barton County, the kind of stimulus the community needed after O’Sullivan Industries let go of more than 700 workers last year and closed its doors. Buck stops Skelton’s proposal for a feasibility study, wrapped into a larger national parks bill, sailed through the House in December of 2007 by a vote of 326-79. At the same time, other public lands legislation was moving through Congress. There are proposals to protect land in West Virginia and Oregon as wilderness, there are bills to designate trails and shield rivers from development, to preserve the birthplace home of former President Bill Clinton, protect historic battlefields and more. In all, there are about 160 pieces of legislation dealing with public lands that were rolled into one large Yellowstone-size package called the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2008. It’s known as a “Christmas tree” bill, explained Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policies for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a not-for-profit group that supports free-market ideas, because there is something in it for everybody. His group opposes the bill and recently sent a letter to all U.S. senators asking them to reject what Ebell outlines as a land grab that would restrict energy development, among other things. According to The Hill, the bill includes an equal mix of Democratic and Republican proposals. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleagues that he wanted to use the Lame Duck session next week — which is traditionally used to orient new senators — to debate the bill. Enter Tom Coburn. On Coburn’s Web site there are links such as “Pork Busters,” and “Stopping Secret Spending,” as well as a national debt clock. Last week, it was $9.6 trillion and climbing. Coburn is where the buck stops, at least as far as public land issues are concerned. 
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