Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara A. Mikulski Has 300,000 Federal Workers Living In Her State

The Washington Post reports on sequestration :

At a hearing Thursday, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) begged a panel of top officials to give her more urgency and drama. “Here we are, March 1st. It is now midnight. The clock has moved,” Mikulski intoned with a husky Baltimore accent. “Can’t you paint for me the picture of how sequester is triggered? Do all the lights go out in federal buildings?” Well, no, said Daniel Werfel, controller at the White House budget office.

The vested interest of the government class.