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Conservative Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, in trying to negotiate a deal on the budget, has found himself at odds with anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, the Washington Post reports.

Legislative Counsel Brenda Erdoes says she approved junkets taken by three lawmakers underwritten by the company PokerStars, because online poker was a legislative issue. The trips were not officially reported anywhere, nor does it appear state law requires such reporting.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid makes The Daily Beast's 10 Most Ignorant Politicians list, which claims he lied when he said the nuclear waste problem had been solved with on-site storage. Fellow "honorees" range from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to Vice President Joe Biden to House budget chief Paul

House Speaker John Boehner is afraid of the wave of Tea Party freshmen elected in 2010, says U.S. Sen. Harry Reid. Up until now, Reid has been nice to Boehner as the pair tried to work out a deal to pass a federal budget.

Don't think the Las Vegas Strip is the only place you'll find handbillers passing out porn cards; New York City has it's own struggle with the issue, the Village Voice reports.

Harry Reid says the Tea Party-fueled rift in the Republican Party is delaying fiscal negotiations and preventing lawmakers from passing a permanent budget for the year.

Politico checks in with a trio of Tea Party types who lost their 2010 races, but seem to be moving on up with little consequence. Among them: Nevada's own Sharron Angle.

Sharron Angle said the Veterans of Foreign Wars PAC "betrayed America" by endorsing Harry Reid over her in the 2010 Senate race. The PAC was later dissolved after objections by some VFW members.

Rep. Shelley Berkley is speaking to the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Churchill County, another sign she's gearing up for a run for U.S. Senate. That dinner is held at the back booth of Denny's, correct?

Sharron Angle today will hold an open forum with members of the media as she kicks off a congressional campaign, sort of the opposite of what she spent months doing while running for U.S. Senate.