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GOP puts brakes on 'clunkers' in Senate

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 4:55 a.m.

A proposal to inject $2 billion into the "cash for clunkers" program was delayed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday by negotiations over whether to allow changes to the measure the House approved last week.

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