The Legislature is eager to pass new campaign finance rules in time for the 2008 elections. A bill has passed the Senate and now goes to the House, but the governor has already raised concerns. Bob Kinzel talks with Paul Burns of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and Rob Roper of the Vermont Republican Party about the bill's prospects.(Listen)

Also in the program, news analysis from VPR's John Dillon, (Listen) and we hear from NPR's Juan Williams. Williams was in Vermont this week to speak to teachers for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We hear an excert from his remarks. (Listen)