Quote where the bills are trying to "fix the economy"? They're both a jobs bill authorizing the creation of jobs for infrastructure, to temporarily address the unemployment rate.
Can you point out where in the OP there's a reference to "magic bullet to fix the economy"? Of course you can't.
Congress can pass bills to help/benefit their cons uency, and by extension, the country. And that should be the priority, not partisan bickering.
I'm not surprised that I still have to explain to you at this day and age what Congress is SUPPOSED to do.