Yet, Dino Rossi, said he supported a plan by Sen. Tom Coburn to make drastic spending cuts to pay for extending unemployment benefits.

Over 131,000 veterans are homeless, and experts expect that number to rise 10 to 15 percent without action.

Meanwhile, homelessness among veterans is steadily rising.

Did you know: In 2003, Senator Murray personally saved three VA clinics from the budget ax, including one in Vancouver.

“There’s little doubt about it – the veterans of Washington State and America haven’t had a friend like Patty" Murray in a long time,”