Watching the water,

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is seeking 900 Million in Mandatory funding every year

Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants to fix those spending lapses by making that $900 million in funding for LWCF mandatory every year. Her bill, which will be marked up in committee on Tuesday, has the support of Burr along with several GOP senators on the panel, including Steve Daines of Montana and Cory Gardner of Colorado. Last week, those senators took to the Senate floor to argue in favor of reupping the program.

President Trump's administration has officially weighed in to support permanent re-authorization. But the White House's budget proposals have called for cutting funding for the program down to just $8 million — a suggestion that has rankled even some Republicans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/10/02/the-energy-202-republicans-and-democrats-both-like-this-conservation-fund-but-they-just-let-it-just-expire/5bb25d6a1b326b7c8a8d179e/?utm_term=.39e637188519