Parrallelism

[chughbrajesh]

Now when I read news articles some topics stand out for me in grammar that I have learned in mgmat course. I still find some of them confusing after spending time on them. One of the topic is parallelism.

in one of the articles I was reading I read this line-
"either when the committee writes its bill on May 7 or on the House floor"

This sentence seems to me to use a format of either..XYZ..A or B
To me this sentence seems very strange after what I have learned.

It should be something like this.
"either on May 7 or after May 7". either A or B.
OR "either on the House floor or not on the House floor".

Are they not comparing time from a place?

Here is another one:

"So, we are left with a climate in which people with poor or no credit are either unable to get approved for a card, or else they simply can't afford the rates that are offered."

either unable (adjective) to get (infinitive) approved...or else they (pronoun) simply (adverb) can't (verb).

I am hoping that I am clear with what I am saying. In the sentence above it shows no signs of parallelism. So how can I make myself better on this topic. Please help.

Thank you for all of your help so far.

[RonPurewal]

News outlets turn out stories on very tight deadlines, so there is neither time nor motivation (nor, for that matter, money for editors) to make sure that every sentence is meticulously edited to perfection.
Perhaps even more importantly, that's not the point. Most news outlets"”especially on the internet"”don't use a completely formal style anyway.

[RonPurewal]

I don't have enough context for the first sentence, but it's certainly possible to write a sentence in which "when..." is parallel to "in ..." / "on ..." / etc.
E.g., You should turn in your keys either on March 31 or when you move out.

[chughbrajesh]

Thank you for explaining, Ron.

So is the sentence comparing time with a place is right or wrong?

"either when the committee writes its bill on May 7 or on the House floor"

[RonPurewal]

Thank you for explaining, Ron.

So is the sentence comparing time with a place is right or wrong?

"either when the committee writes its bill on May 7 or on the House floor"

Hard to say.
I don't have the context; in fact, I don't even have the other half of the sentence.

[chughbrajesh]

"I know there are a lot of members that have never worn the cloth of our nation like I have, but you’re seeing more and more men and women that are on this floor who have served their country that understand that we have immigrants that have served in our military side by side with us," said the California Republican, who served in the Air Force.
Brooks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, vowed to challenge any move on immigration, either when the committee writes its bill on May 7 or on the House floor.

[RonPurewal]

Brooks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, vowed to challenge any move on immigration, either when the committee writes its bill on May 7 or on the House floor.

There you go. This one works a lot like my example with "turning in your keys" (above).

"On the House floor" refers to any time, whatsoever, when the bill might potentially be debated before being put to a vote; "when the committee writes the bill", on the other hand, refers to an exactly specified time. That's why they are written differently.