Indo-US nuclear deal clears hurdle
Aziz Haniffa in Washington, DC, Rediff.com
December 08, 2006 00:34 IST
The House-Senate conference committee compromise legislation to faciliate the US-India civilian nuclear agreement has passed both chambers of Congress and will now go to the President's desk for signature.
Administration sources said a signing ceremony would take place on Monday, December 11 with President George W Bush signing the bill into law.
The legislation which had hit a procedural snag Wednesday afternoon when one of the House conferees House Majority Leader John Boehner had put a hold on the conference committee report, was resolved Thursday morning and with it was sent immediately to the House and Senate for a voice vote that was met with a resonding aye.
December 08, 2006 00:34 IST
The House-Senate conference committee compromise legislation to faciliate the US-India civilian nuclear agreement has passed both chambers of Congress and will now go to the President's desk for signature.
Administration sources said a signing ceremony would take place on Monday, December 11 with President George W Bush signing the bill into law.
The legislation which had hit a procedural snag Wednesday afternoon when one of the House conferees House Majority Leader John Boehner had put a hold on the conference committee report, was resolved Thursday morning and with it was sent immediately to the House and Senate for a voice vote that was met with a resonding aye.
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