A national "Cash For Clunkers" bill, introduced by Nancy Pelosi late last year and pushed hard by her to have in effect the day of President Obama's taking of the Office has been defeated. There are still state level laws in effect in Texas and California, but a national law was tossed out.
Introduced now, though, is a new bill to get rid of any and all cars that 18mpg or less. This goes for ALL makes and ALL models. Most of the import cars will not be affected, but at least round 1 went to the consumer. Later, QD.