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Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor, but it was not filibuster. A filibuster is a speech ...
Sen. Cory Booker's Senate speech against the Trump administration broke Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 record Tuesday night to become the longest floor speech ever at more than 24 hours.
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new ...
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.
The New Jersey Democrat took the podium to criticize the Trump administration's policies at 7 p.m. Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, breaking a decades-old record.
WASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the ...
As NPR noted, “The longest filibuster on record was a 1957 speech by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina — ...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launched a marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday evening, vowing to speak “as long as I am physically able." ...
Cory Booker, D-N.J., gave a marathon speech ... the record as the longest single-person filibuster speech in the United States Senate. The previous record was held by Strom Thurmond, a Democratic ...
Cory Booker (D-NJ) attempted another “I am ... “I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able,” Booker began ...
Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April ... “and they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.” The rules and culture of the Senate have always been more lax when ...