Cash For Clunkers Gets $2 Billion Boost From Senate  The second-
to-last obstacle to to continuing the Cash For Clunkers program,
i.e. securing another $2 billion, has been removed with the
Democrats successfully stopping the Republicans from adding any
amendments to a vote of 65-32.  Essentially, the Republicans
attempted to stop the program by adding any sort of amendment
they could to the bill, including some ones Dems would normally
vote for like a larger tax credit for first time home owners.
This was done because, were the Senate to attach even one
amendment, the bill would have to go to conference committee and
then back to the House to be voted on, which isn't likely to
happen while the U.S. House is in recess.  The final obstacle is
passage in the Senate, but at this point it's a foregone
conclusion since all the amendments were defeated. Unless the
President decides to suddenly oppose the bill (unlikely), there
will be another $2 billion in the pipelines.