But being a global nurse, he says, doesnât necessarily mean practicing nursing âbeyond the borders of the U.S.â It can also mean being a nurse in your own community. âItâs still practicing health equity and thatâs the common denominator of the issues,â he says.
It's not that a piece of legislation requires 60 votes to be passed, 51 will do. 1. 2. So, combining those two rules, we see that it is theoretically possible for any Senator to decide for him or herself that they are so opposed to a measure that they will speak, forever, in order to prevent it's passage.
But that first step â getting 216 House Democrats to pass what many thought was an odious Senate health care bill â was a formidable one. Thirty-seven sitting Democrats had voted against the House version of health care reform in November 2009, and many found the Senate version even more objectionable. With no GOP support, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had almost no room for error.