First Word: The budget and Beyoncé

Tonight, Ezra Klein will play the role of Lawrence O’Donnell in our special Friday edition of The Last Word. We’ll go deep on the budget, the so-called filibuster reform deal and we can’t not talk about Beyoncé at the inauguration.

Here’s  a look at some of the stories that caught our attention:

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• Sen. Jeff Merkley on the filibuster deal: ‘There are two pieces I’m excited about’

• GOP’s electoral vote scheme likely illegal in Virginia

• Virginia governor opposes scheme to rig electoral college

• Here are all the budget deadlines we’re facing in the next three months

• Mark Kelly, NRA’s Wayne LaPierre to testify on gun violence at Senate hearing

• Congress sees sequester spending cuts as likely in March

• Who had the worst week in Washington? Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

• Beyoncé buzz: Did she lip-sync the national anthem?