US House passes Indo-US nuclear agreement

Yes! US House of Representatives today passed the India-USA Nuclear Agreement with 359 votes in favor, and 69 against. All the proposed amendments were rejected by the House. CNN-IBN gives some more details:

Wednesday's vote was 359 to 68.

Three amendments taken up for vote but were defeated. They included Rep Berman's amendment asking India to halt fissile material production, defeated 241-184; Rep Sherman's amendment asking India for annual report on usage of domestic uranium supplies, defeated 268-155 and Rep Markey's amendment asking India to co-operate with US on containing Iran's nuclear weapons program, defeated 235-192.

There are still many hurdles left, like the Senate vote:

The move is important but far from final step in making the agreement a reality.

The Senate has yet to vote on the plan, which must clear several more hurdles before nuclear trade between the two countries could begin.

Makes me happy that it is going through :)