US Senate clears India nuke deal: Video

 The US Senate today overwhelmingly passed the United States India Civilian Nuclear Agreement by a solid bipartisan margin of 85 votes to 12.

The curtains finally came down on the civilian nuclear deal in the Senate after a long day that witnessed law makers rejecting several 'killer amendments', including the Feingold and the Boxer amendments, that would have either wrecked the deal, forced renegotiation or made the implementation stage quite difficult.

The Senate version now has to be reconciled with the House version that cleared sometime back in a Conference Committee; and both chambers will now have to approve the legislation in its final form prior to the ending of the session in the middle of December.

The vote on the civilian nuclear deal was the last of the day as Senators went home for the Thanksgiving break. They are to reassemble for the final phase of the session starting December 4.