Top U.S. Democrat to try to pass India nuclear deal

Reuters
Sep 11, 2008

WASHINGTON: Top U.S. Senate Democrat Harry Reid will work to win approval this year of an accord to end a three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India, which President George W. Bush submitted to Congress on Wednesday. The last hurdle for the deal is Congress, and Reid, the Senate majority leader will try to push the deal through this year, according to his spokesman Jim Manley, despite a truncated legislative schedule and other concerns. If backed by the Senate and House of Representatives, the fuel and technology deal would help India, the world's largest democracy, help meet rising energy demand without aggravating climate change and open a market worth billions of dollars.