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While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid maneuvers to protect his caucus in advance of a tough 2012 election cycle, some members echo a familiar complaint: Reid isn't bold enough.

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he's "proud" of his role in the John Ensign affair, which included, at various times, claiming he'd assert privilege to avoid subpoenas and then squealing like a pig about it; lying publicly about his actions in the case; and helping to arrange hush-money for

In a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticizes President Barack Obama for his recent remarks on Israel.

Arizona's John McCain is apparently the nation's third most unpopular senator, according to a new survey. Naturally, Connecticut's Joe Lieberman is No. 1. And No. 2? That would be Nevada's John Ensign, who recently resigned in disgrace.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says he and newly sworn-in Sen. Dean Heller will have the same "non-aggression pact" that Reid enjoyed with former Sen. John Ensign. But Heller claims it just isn't so.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's relationship with Republican moderate Olympia Snowe -- the Maine Republican facing potential tea party opposition in her next re-election -- has melted, Politico reports. The two even sparred publicly on the Senate floor.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stumbled badly when he said he wanted to 'hang' some bad economic news around President Barack Obama's neck. He immediately realized the error and added, "metaphorically." Ah, he wasn't going to get the black vote anyway.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will force the Senate to go on record, supporting or opposing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan that turns Medicare into a voucher program, among other things. We know how Rep.-turned-Sen. Dean Heller voted. What will the rest of his new colleagues do?

Potential Republican presidential candidate and ex-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has hired Amanda Kornegay, former finance director for Sharron Angle's U.S. Senate bid against Harry Reid. Angle raised huge sums for her bid, primarily because of widespread nationwide antipathy toward Reid.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid heartily backed Rep. Shelley Berkley for Senate, dismissing attorney and declared candidate Byron Georgiou by saying, "He stands no chance."

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.