How a bill becomes a law...

I remember grammar school pretty well, it was well before I started my "drug and alcohol regimen to keep my mind limber" (thanks Dude).  So there's this little animated "bill", and it has to get voted on by both House and Senate, then the president signs it, and it becomes law.  OK, here's where it gets fun.  House of Representatives votes on a bill that funds FEMA, and cuts loan guarantees to the tune of $100 million from corporations (some call it corporate welfare...right Michael Moore?) to pay for it.  Bill goes to the Senate where the Leader says "it is dead on arrival".   Now the question is, who cares?  I heard a great quote today, "'Sympathy' is found between 'shit' and 'syphilis'"...I'm assuming from a dictionary.   This gov't of ours (NOT JUST OBAMA) has been sending disability checks to dead people for years...$600 Million...why not just cut the budget by 10%, tell each department to make due.  If they can't do the job with a cut budget, fire them and find someone that can.  simple.