Indian Lawmakers In Us Senate

The United States asserted that it stands with India against Chinese aggression as several lawmakers slammed China for choosing a PLA soldier, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley in 2020.

A top lawmaker from the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has condemned China's decision to make an army officer, who was injured in a clash with Indian soldiers, the torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The resolution in the Senate was introduced on Friday by three Democratic Senators, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, and Ben Cardin.

Powerful lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced identical legislations, which if passed would end per-country green card limit and benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian professionals waiting to gain permanent legal residency in the country.

Citing Indian media reports, Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, claimed the number of O visas issued has tripled in the last decade.

H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa - popular among Indian IT professionals - that allows American firms to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The year 2016 was a bumper year for the Indian-American community, with a record haul of four in the House of Representatives, and their first seat in the Senate. All five Indian American lawmakers have now been nominated to key Congressional panels, the media here reported. They are all Democrats, as are the bulk of Indian-Americans.

With US elections due next month, several Indian-Americans are hopeful of winning a seat in the US Congress, especially women. According to US political experts, there are several Americans of Indian origin who are eying becoming legislators.

A handful of Indian-origin lawmakers are likely to make it to the Congress, including its first Senator, after the US general elections in November, the results of the primary election season have indicated. Three Indian-Americans have advanced to the primary from California alone.

Two influential American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US Senate calling on the US Postal Service to issue a postal stamp to commemorate the festival of Diwal.

Walmart continued to lobby with the American lawmakers over Indian retail Foreign Direct Investment or FDI rules during the first quarter of 2013, even as a probe is underway into the global retail giant's US lobbying activities for facilitating its India entry.

The lawmakers also praised the role of companies like Tata and Wipro in employment generation.

The United States asserted that it stands with India against Chinese aggression as several lawmakers slammed China for choosing a PLA soldier, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley in 2020.

A top lawmaker from the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has condemned China's decision to make an army officer, who was injured in a clash with Indian soldiers, the torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The resolution in the Senate was introduced on Friday by three Democratic Senators, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, and Ben Cardin.

Powerful lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced identical legislations, which if passed would end per-country green card limit and benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian professionals waiting to gain permanent legal residency in the country.

Citing Indian media reports, Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, claimed the number of O visas issued has tripled in the last decade.

H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa - popular among Indian IT professionals - that allows American firms to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The year 2016 was a bumper year for the Indian-American community, with a record haul of four in the House of Representatives, and their first seat in the Senate. All five Indian American lawmakers have now been nominated to key Congressional panels, the media here reported. They are all Democrats, as are the bulk of Indian-Americans.

With US elections due next month, several Indian-Americans are hopeful of winning a seat in the US Congress, especially women. According to US political experts, there are several Americans of Indian origin who are eying becoming legislators.

A handful of Indian-origin lawmakers are likely to make it to the Congress, including its first Senator, after the US general elections in November, the results of the primary election season have indicated. Three Indian-Americans have advanced to the primary from California alone.

Two influential American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US Senate calling on the US Postal Service to issue a postal stamp to commemorate the festival of Diwal.

Walmart continued to lobby with the American lawmakers over Indian retail Foreign Direct Investment or FDI rules during the first quarter of 2013, even as a probe is underway into the global retail giant's US lobbying activities for facilitating its India entry.

The lawmakers also praised the role of companies like Tata and Wipro in employment generation.