VPR Evening News December 18th, 2007

Senator Patrick Leahy will vote against a plan to allocate another 50
billion dollars to continue the war in Iraq; Senator Leahy sponsors
legislation to open federal government records by expanding the Freedom of
Information Act; Vermont businessman Skip Vallee returns home after two
years as U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia; The Department of Corrections is
under pressure to trim its budget by four million dollars; A Congressional
bill could make it easier for emergency responders in the U.S. and Canada
to work on either side of the border; and commentator Ruth Page on
Christmas cookies.