They started as separate bills in the House with a final step of merging them into one before sending off to the Senate, as I understand it
Even if they were technically separate at one point, the discussion leading up to and throughout was about them as one. The Senate passed a bigger bill that also included border funding months ago. That was rejected by the House without consideration or negotiation, because reasons...
Regarding "fairness" of bundling, I agree with others this is the wrong framing. Democracy and politics is about giving and taking to get something not perfect through a messy system full of competing interests.
It is a thing that is unique to US governance. Also the money and lobbying is wild - from both sides - the monied interests that stand to lose on the ban (TikTok itself, Yass etc.) and those that will win (Facebook, Google).
I doubt it's really unique since it's such an obvious way to formalize "I will vote for your favorite piece of legislation if you vote for my favorite piece of legislation" horse trading.
Of course you can also do it informally by keeping track of which votes pass and which fail and then holding a grudge whenever one side isn't holding up their end of the bargain.
Looks like it’s not just me looking for this kind of job. But it’s even harder for me because I’m living in China which is a socialism country but more “capitalism” than western countries.
Anyway, small to medium sized businesses that are privately owned and operated by families have a much easier time operating with moral fiber. No commitment to investors. In the US many such businesses import products from the far east.
yes, agree with you, that's why I want to find a remote job overseas. In China, I think such kind of businesses is far more less, in fact you must have no moral to be successful in China, one example is Chinese business owners try their best to exploited employee regardless the Labor Law.