diff --git a/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators1.json b/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32d9513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "legislators" : [
+        {
+            "ip" : "127.0.0.1",
+            "port" : 8000,
+            "name" : "legislator1",
+            "self" : true
+        },
+        {
+            "ip" : "127.0.0.1",
+            "port" : 8001,
+            "name" : "legislator2",
+            "self" : false
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators2.json b/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4197286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/two-legislators/two-legislators2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "legislators" : [
+        {
+            "ip" : "127.0.0.1",
+            "port" : 8000,
+            "name" : "legislator1",
+            "self" : false
+        },
+        {
+            "ip" : "127.0.0.1",
+            "port" : 8001,
+            "name" : "legislator2",
+            "self" : true
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/legislator1/last-tried.txt b/legislator1/last-tried.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11c82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legislator1/last-tried.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/legislator2/last-tried.txt b/legislator2/last-tried.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c227083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legislator2/last-tried.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/events/send.cc b/src/events/send.cc
index 36d0c17..7c22557 100644
--- a/src/events/send.cc
+++ b/src/events/send.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,33 @@ namespace paxos
 
     void SendEW::operator()()
     {
+        shared_socket sock = connection_->get_socket();
 
+        auto buffer = connection_->get_buffer_out();
+        std::string response = buffer.to_string();
+
+        log("Sending a message: ", blue);
+        log(response, white);
+        ssize_t write = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            write = sock->send(response.c_str(), response.size());
+        }
+        catch (const std::system_error& e)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Connection closed while sending\n";
+            event_register.unregister_ew(this);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (write == -1)
+            return;
+
+        buffer.pop_front(write);
+        if (!buffer.empty())
+            return;
+
+        event_register.unregister_ew(this);
     }
 
     static shared_socket connect_to_ip_port(std::string ip, std::string port)
@@ -63,6 +89,7 @@ namespace paxos
         catch (const ConnectionFailed& e)
         {
             log("Could not connect to " + legislator->config_.name, red);
+            return;
         }
 
         shared_connection connection = std::make_shared<Connection>(socket);