I'll be at the table, as I've been, willing to talk to any Republican who says, 'Look, my country is more important, this pile of bills is not going to go away, the challenges that we have is not going to disappear, we need to cross that divide.' I'm ready. I'm waiting.

The bill includes provisions to improve border security increases fines and other punishments for employers of illegal immigrants creation of a guest worker program (which includes an almost doubling of the number of H-1B visas) and creates a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. He's made their lives better. " This attracted attention from political opponents who argued that this constituted support for bin Laden.

Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray (née Johns; born October 11 1950) is the senior United States Senator from Washington and a member of the Democratic Party. She was re-elected in 1998 2004 and 2010.