Politics / Cash for Clunkers Senate Set to OK $2B More for Clunkers Reid engineers deal for vote tomorrow, beating recess deadline By Marie Morris, Newser Staff Posted Aug 5, 2009 9:34 PM CDT Copied Shown are cars traded in as part of the cash for clunkers program, at Winner Ford in Cherry Hill N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) The Senate has reached a deal to extend the "cash for clunkers" program through Labor Day, the Detroit News reports. Majority leader Harry Reid capped days of arm-twisting with an announcement tonight that the chamber will vote tomorrow on a measure adding $2 billion to the unexpectedly popular program. The agreement with Republican opponents of the legislation "accomplishes what we need to accomplish," Reid said. (More Cash for Clunkers stories.) Report an error