From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, told Reuters that the Senate may vote as early as Wednesday to approve a $2 billion extension of the popular cash-for-clunkers consumer rebate program to spur automobile sales.
Stabenow said she was “pretty optimistic” that the chamber would approve the additional funding for the program in a bill identical to that passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate is scheduled to recess on Friday for a month-long vacation.
The Senate vote will occur “maybe tomorrow,” Stabenow said in a brief interview.