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.
The procedural motion required 60 votes to pass, and Republicans had been dodging questions for days on how they would vote. If the senators who voted no had prevailed, the Senate wouldn't have been able to debate the package, let alone amend it and vote on it. There were some notable party splits. Two Democrats, Sens. Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Mark Begich (Alaska), joined the Republican filibuster effort.