Big Donors Financed Biden's 2020 Run. Now They Get a Chilly Reception.

Now, nearly 10 months into his presidency, some of Biden’s most loyal contributors and top fundraisers are feeling neglected, if not outright cast aside, according to more than 30 interviews with Democratic donors, fundraisers and the operatives who work with them. With the loss of the Virginia governorship this week making plain the darkening political climate for Democrats, the White House has accumulated precious little goodwill among some of the party’s most important financiers.

Their frustrations also include impatience with the pace of substantive policy changes: One of the party’s top donors is now signaling he is planning to withhold funds over the languishing of voting rights legislation.

Isn't giving a politician money in exchange for policy decisions bribery? How can they be so blatant about it?