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"Amendments no serious challenge"

Washington: The U.S. will "not struggle very hard" to strip of provisions objected by New Delhi in the Bill on the India-U.S. nuclear deal and the amendments proposed in the Congress will not constitute a "serious challenge", a strategic expert said. Robert Einhorn, senior advisor at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said the Bill could be passed before the Congress adjourns if the Bush administration and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist want to do so. "The Senate has all kinds of rules that protect minority prerogative and so you can have a small number of Senators standing up and raising problems... but if the administration really pushes, it will be done before this Congress adjourns," he said. — PTI

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