What does the passage of $410 billion omnibus spending bill say about the fiscal discipline of the current Congress? What message is sent by the thousands of earmarks attached? How should we view arguments by lawmakers who say earmarks don’t add any additional burden to taxpayers? And how are moderate Democrats reacting to the way Democratic leaders are running the Congress? We ask freshman Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, for her insights on these questions.
