Types of Problems at Nursing Homes. Some issues within a nursing home are much more severe than others. Medicare evaluates each problem based on 2 scales: the number of residents affected by a problem and the severity of the potential or actual harm to residents based on the problem.
House of Representatives. The House may use either of the methods used by the Senate, though roll-call votes are rare. Alternately, the House of Representatives may take a standing division vote or a recorded vote. Generally, the Speaker of the House chooses the voting method, though votes must be by the recorded method if one-fifth of Congress requests it. In a division vote, the ayes and noes are asked to stand.
I'm on board with all of these items except for (c). The current reality of American politics is that cloture votes are, for all practical purposes, not mere procedural votes, they're votes on the bill itself. The current reality is that bills require 60 votes to pass the Senate. But in comments to the original post, Fallows says this: