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The U.S. Senate is entering its second week of debate over how election campaigns are funded. Robert Siegel talks to David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, and David Brooks, senior editor at The Weekly Standard about the debate -- including tension between President Bush and Senator John McCain, and possible defections among Democrats who have supported reform in the past.

Liane speaks with Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard and Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times, about President Bush's agenda. This past week, foreign policy issues, tax cuts, the enviornment and the economy commanded the President's attention.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the sharp increase in Americans reporting some Indian ancestry. In most of the states released by the Census Bureau so far, the number of people reporting they have a mix of Indian and some other ancestry is far out of proportion with those reporting they are Indian alone.

A glance at the political news from New Jersey might lead onlookers to think there's a resurgence of corruption in the state. Investigators are looking into allegations against New Jersey's acting governor, Donald Di Francesco. And a list of lower officials -- the Bergen County sheriff, the mayor of Camden, a city engineer in Paterson -- have all made recent headlines with their own scandals. Robert Siegel talks to Daniel Barry, a reporter on the metropolitan desk of the New York Times.

The Peace Corps is experiencing a sudden jump in popularity in San Francisco thanks to a rash of Internet business failures. Former dot-com employees have helped double the number of people attending the Peace Corps' informational meetings in the area. Noah Adams talks with Dennis McMahon, public affairs specialist for the Peace Corps.

Noah Adams has a summary of some of the other news on today's program.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr, just home from Havana, gives his first impressions of last week's Cuban-American conference held there analyzing the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Washington Post London Bureau Chief T.R. Reid. They discuss the British reaction to President Bush's comment that he and Prime Minister Tony Blair both use Colgate toothpaste.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about the use of the term Lucubrate.

Commentator Joel Achenbach says his 40th birthday is inspiring him to branch out -- not to the stereotypical sports cars and leather pants, but to the truly weird.