Devil is in the details. Typically one side holds up a bill when the otherside has attached ridiculous demands for shit that has nothing to do with the main goal of the bill. They all play the same game. Corruption is equally distributed among them, along with incompetence and especially indifference to the pain and suffering their political gamesmanship inflicts on the American people. They, every last one of them have but one priority, reelection. Unlike you I will not hold one party to account while giving the other a pass for doing the exact same thing.
The same way voters can support Trump and his clown shit, You see here how voters can also support Mitch and his bullshit (personally blocking bipartisan bills). As long as voters elect, and support, politicians who operate from their own, personal interests; the clown show will continue. Who elects clowns? Clowns.
Once again..... let's thank the Democrats for blocking progress... Bipartisan fix for 'surprise' medical bills hits roadblock with powerful chairman https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...se-medical-bills-hits-roadblock-with-powerful A broad bipartisan effort to pass legislation protecting patients from massive “surprise” medical bills is now on life support as House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) digs in on a separate proposal. Democratic and Republican leaders of three committees in the House and Senate have been pushing for months to pass their measure, which would prevent Americans from unexpectedly getting hit with medical bills for thousands of dollars for common scenarios like treatment from a doctor outside their insurance network when they require emergency care. Neal has been holding out for his own rival proposal and has not shown any willingness to budge despite concessions offered by top lawmakers on the three committees. (More at above url)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC#Decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_(organization) Last year, Envision and TeamHealth, a hospital staffing company owned by private equity titan Blackstone Group, joined forces to bankroll a $54 million dark money advertising campaign against surprise billing reform. Blackstone has been Neal’s top source of cash ($48,600) this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. AHA’s second expenditure for Neal, also for internet ads, was made on August 5 and totaled $133,000, according to FEC records, as all signs suggested he was in a close primary race against his progressive challenger, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse.
Ilhan Omar's campaign contributed nearly 80% of political payments to husband's consulting firm: filings Consulting firm E Street Group received more than $3.7 million in campaign spending https://www.foxnews.com/politics/consulting-firm-ilhan-omar-husband-payments-campaign Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2020 campaign contributed to nearly 80% of the total political payments her husband's consulting firm received ahead of the November election, according to federal filings. E Street Group, owned by Omar's husband Tim Mynett and entrepreneur Will Hailer, received more than $3.7 million in campaign spending over the course of the 2020 election cycle, filings show. Omar's campaign contributed more than $2.9 million to that total, The Washington Free Beacon first reported, citing Federal Election Commission filings. The congresswoman's contributions to her husband's firm made up just over 78% of E Street Group's total payments between January 2019 and November 2020. Neither Omar's communications director nor E Street Group responded to inquiries from Fox News. Omar pledged to sever ties with the firm following her reelection, but before doing so, her campaign paid E Street Group $138,000, filings show. The firm has also received nearly $200,000 from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. The Minnesota congresswoman pledged in mid-November that she was cutting ties with the firm, and the payments were made before that, although they were not made public until the latest FEC filings were released in December. Omar told The New York Times in September that cutting ties with the firm would be a "stupid thing to do." "You don’t stop using the service of people who are doing good work because somebody thinks it means something else," she said. "Why would I not work with people who understand my district, who have been working there for 10 years, who understand what it means to raise resources for a candidate like myself and manage and target our communications to our district to battle the misinformation and narratives that the media and our adversaries continue to put out?" Before their marriage in March, Mynett’s firm already was doing work for Omar’s campaign and had been paid more than a half-million dollars. She said in a campaign email on Nov. 15 that she was cutting ties with the firm to put an end to questions about the connection between her campaign and h ber husband's business. She has denied any wrongdoing. "Every dollar that was spent went to a team of more than 20 that were helping us fight back against attacks and organize on the ground and online in a COVID-19 world," Omar wrote in the email. "And Tim -- beyond his salary at the firm -- received no profit whatsoever from the consulting relationship the firm provided." Public records show that E Street Group also received nearly $135,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans and $500,000 in Economic Injury Disaster loans. FEC rules state that "campaign funds may be used to make salary payments to members of the candidate’s family" if "the family member is providing a bona fide service to the campaign" and "the payments reflect the fair market value of those services."