Blast from the Past: Senate passes ‘cash for clunkers’ program over strong Republican opposition

[SemiCharmedQuark]

WASHINGTON — Congress approved a “cash for clunkers” program Thursday to provide government incentives of $3,500 to $4,500 to motorists who trade in their gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles after Senate Democrats narrowly defeated a Republican effort to kill the plan.

Auto state senators said the program would help hard-pressed car dealers and automakers by bringing buyers into showrooms, and they got help from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who made calls to wavering Democrats urging them to keep the plan alive.

“This is an emergency for families and small businesses — for an industry that has been the backbone of our economy for a generation,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who sponsored the proposal.

Opponents said it would increase the federal debt without doing much to get expensive-to-operate vehicles off the roads.

Senate supporters of the program overcame a procedural hurdle by the plan’s leading opponent, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., on a 60-36 vote, winning the minimum number of votes needed to keep the program in

Now that we know the program was quite popular, remember who was for it and who was against it.

http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-passes-1-billion-cash-for-clunkers-program-over-strong-republican-opposition-86194/

[firedupdem]

1. And look at just how popular the program was. The party

of NO fails once again.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. sure enough, the msm is reporting this as a popular

BIPARTISAN bill with strong republican support.

[Cha]

2. Once again the republcons have

no vision..only "NO".

[mikiturner]

3. K&R nt

[BlooInBloo]

4. And Cantwell tried to fuck it up. Sigh.

[Phx_Dem]

6. It was so successful and the car dealers/manufacturers and consumers

LOVE IT so what's a GOPer to do? Trying to fuck it up, of course.

Epic fail for the Lunatic birther party.

:rofl: