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Anti-Spending West Texas Rep. Lobbies to Make George W. Bush’s Childhood Home a National Park

By Bradford Pearson |

Back in the 80s, Mike Conaway was the CFO of Bush Exploration, George W. Bush’s failed oil company. Since then, he’s gone on to become the United States Congressman for Texas’ District 11, consistently running on an anti-spending platform.

His brand of fiscal conservatism doesn’t stretch to his friendships, apparently. According to Think Progress:

A ThinkProgress review of legislative correspondence with the U.S. Department of the Interior revealed that on September 11, 2012, Conaway wrote Secretary Ken Salazar to request a “reconnaissance Survey” of a potential new national park location. According to the log, Conaway’s letter asked that the National Park Service “look at the possibility of adding the George W. Bush childhood home as a unit of the Park Service.”

Conaway’s office did not respond to requests for comment from Think Progress.

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