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.
For an ordinary bill to pass each chamber or house of the US congress, it needs a simple majority of yea votes which would be 50% + 1 vote.   In the US House of Representatâ¦ives, ordinarily there are a total of 435 seated Representatives. 50% of 435 is 217.5.