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.
With the supermajority vote safely intact once again, the Senate moved rather quickly to pass the ACA â or ObamaCare â on Christmas Eve 2009 in a 60 â 39 vote (Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning chose not to vote since he was not running for reelection).