Politics | Cash for Clunkers Senate Set to OK $2B More for Clunkers Reid engineers deal for vote tomorrow, beating recess deadline By Marie Morris 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. Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania Report an error