Mary Gay Scanlon: “I have traveled across this country talking to veterans.”

After not being in session for so long, one week has got everyone ready to go home.

We would be much better off if we were actually spending money to create a functioning immigration system.

Permanent daylight savings time was repealed within a year because it didn't work.

Why are we jailing, essentially, people who are not a danger to our communities, who are in many cases contributing members to our economy and our communities, folks who are employed and are paying taxes? Why are these folks being put in a…