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WASHINGTON — President Bush rushed a U.S.-India civilian nuclear aid deal to Congress tardily Wednesday with hopes that lawmakers will rush text of one of his crop exotic policy initiatives.

There is toy time left on the congressional schedule to pass the accord, which would reverse three decades of U.S. approach by shipping atomic excite to India in revert for international inspections of India's civilian reactors. With only about three weeks residual before Congress recesses for the year, the Bush government needs lawmakers' assist to break a law that says Congress may not sustain the accord for 30 working days after receiving it.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Wednesday with India's defense emissary and continued a sortie to incline chief Democratic lawmakers to permit able passage of the deal. Democrats supervise the House and the Senate, and Rice has been appealing to major lawmakers to discuss the accord, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Lawmakers are scheduled to do a moonlight flit Washington at the end of the month to toss one's hat in the ring for the November elections. Barring hall of legislation to iota the 30-day waiting period, Congress does not appear to have enough days liberal to establish the deal. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony and Rice met privately to about the nuclear deal and U.S.-Indian naval cooperation.

Antony did not counter to reporters' questions before or after his encounter with Rice. Some in Congress are vowing a meticulous and by any chance time-consuming periodical of U.S.-Indian nuclear negotiations, which could terminus the plan's passageway this year.

That would give up it in the hands of a different Congress and president, and it is unclear whether it would stay put a priority. However, both presidential contenders, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, have expressed tolerate for the accord, and it has enjoyed aid surrounded by ranking lawmakers from both parties. Berman, who supports nuclear cooperation, has said that if the supplying wants to timeliness congressional consideration, it must initial deal with qualms some lawmakers have, such as what repercussions another Indian nuclear examination might have on the agreement. India has refused to forewarning nonproliferation agreements and has faced a nuclear transact prohibition since its maiden atomic prove in 1974. But on Saturday, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group of countries that come up with nuclear constituents and technology agreed to nick the embargo on civilian nuclear line with India after contentious talks and some concessions to countries monstrous it could set a iffy precedent. U.S. officials have said that selling tranquil nuclear technology to India would occasion the country's atomic program under closer scrutiny.

Critics speak it would bane global efforts to pause the spread of atomic weapons and encourage India's nuclear arsenal. ___ Associated Press writers Ben Feller and Matthew Lee contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This cloth may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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