The Senate is near a deal. Whatever they pass will have to be reconciled with the House version.
There will be a lot of noise, but absolutely nothing will be passed before the election. And that's the entire point of these follies, not any kind of policy, but electioneering.
But the senate was supposed to BLOCK this deal, so they could vote for an enforcement-only bill Frist said he'd have as the real bill, so we COULD get our borders secured THIS year.
Doing nothing is unacceptable. If the republicans think the democrats will get blamed for not sealing the borders, they are mistaken.