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OK. So, I guess I have to start this off by admitting that I'm not 100% up on how the legislative process works. Let's assume for the sake of argument that the midterms determine that Republicans hold the Senate and Democrats take over the majority of the House. Now, I believe that it is the House and the House alone which authors up new legislation and then it gets sent over to the Senate and then the Senate comes up with their own version of the legislation and then they meet and hash it all out with compromises, coming up with the finalized piece of legislation which they then send on to the president to either sign or not sign. Sometimes the Senate may work on legislation that they know the House is already working on or will work on. Anyway, let's say that a Democratic House works on liberal legislation which is a non starter or dead on arrival as far as the Senate is concerned and that the Senate has no wish to even consider anything like it in any way, shape, or form. Can the senate play tiddly winks, tic-tac-toe, and debate about what they're having for lunch and just totally ignore that Democratic legislation from the House like it never happened? Do they actually have to address what the House did in some fashion or, is it burgers and fries for lunch today instead of chicken salad?