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yeh i'd like to know this too
the main thing I can think of is that Senators are individually much more powerful than House members. They have an incentive to gum everything up just to remind everyone that tribute needs to be paid to them for them to sign off on anything.
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My understanding is that both house and senate are purchased through the combination of transparent voting and campaign financing. Since there are fewer senators, their votes have a greater effect on the outcome of a bill, races are more expensive and the monetary strings stronger. Guess it takes time for crypto wealth to connect up to the political machine. Seems a lot is at stake here.
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Why do you think senators behave this way? Is there some incentive that pushes them towards this sort of mess?
If it was just a matter of acceding to pressure from lobbyists, I would think the House would suffer equally. what is it about the Senate that is different?