Senate overcomes objection on US-India nuclear deal
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Senators on Tuesday settled differences over a US-India nuclear cooperation accord.
Their agreement clears the last major hurdle for a vote Wednesday on the landmark pact that would overturn 30 years of US nonproliferation policy.
The Senate's top Democrat, Majority Leader Harry Reid, who controls the agenda, told his colleagues Tuesday night that the Senate also would consider two amendments seeking to deal with objections about continued nuclear cooperation should India conduct another nuclear test.
The accord is a top priority of President George W. Bush and was approved by the House of Representatives on Saturday.
It had been stalled in the Senate, and Reid's announcement came after behind-the-scenes wrangling to ease the qualms of at least one senator who used the Senate's rules to anonymously block the accord from coming to a vote.
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