Both the House and Senate have passed identical versions of H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009. It now goes to the president for his signature. The bill spends about $920 per U.S. family.

This bill is mostly to fund war spending, but, as the AP reports, it “also branches off to provide money for programs ranging from pandemic flu preparedness to a ‘cash for clunkers’ initiative to encourage drivers to switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles.”

Like one of these:

• The Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 (H.R. 520)
• The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (H.R. 1550)
• The Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 (S. 247)
• The New Automobile Voucher Act of 2009 (H.R. 1606)
• The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act (H.R. 2751)
• The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act (H.R. 2640)