Harry Reid’s anti-Koch crusade eats up precious Senate time

By Byron York

Published September 1, 2014 11:07pm ET

Harry Reid’s anti-Koch crusade eats up precious Senate time — Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidÃÂ has decreed that the Senate's first order of legislative business will be a proposed constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to regulate every dollar raised and every dollar spent by every political campaign in America. (AP/John Locher) | John Locher

If you’re sick of cynicism in politics, you might want to avert your eyes from the Senate for the next few weeks.

There’s a lot lawmakers need to do when the Senate returns from its August recess Sept. 9. To take just one example, the government is set to run out of money by the end of the month, and senators must pass a measure to keep funding going and avoid a shutdown.