Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record
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Booker used most of his time to rail against the Trump administration and said that he decided to undertake the marathon speech because Democrats have a "responsibility" to "do something different" i...
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Over the course of 25 hours, Booker railed against the Trump administration’s handling of immigration and education and the looming threats to Social Security and Medicare, urging his fellow Democrats...
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N.J., for delivering the "longest filibuster" in US history, despite Booker once arguing the filibuster is an "abuse of power."
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Cory Booker's speech passed the record set by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
What is a filibuster? Is Senator Cory Booker's marathon speech the longest filibuster in US history? Here's what to know so far and watch live here.
Senator Cory Booker's marathon Senate floor speech has just broken Ted Cruz's filibuster speech record. Booker, who has held the floor since about 7 p.m. ET on Monday, has just surpassed the Texas Republican's record of 21 hours 19 minutes.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D- N.J.) took the Senate floor Monday night with the intention of speaking for as long as possible. The lawmaker began his marathon speech at 7 p.m., criticizing Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joked about wanting to pull a Capitol fire alarm to end his fellow senator’s filibuster, which had been ongoing for over 21 hours as of Tuesday afternoon. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) began his filibuster on Monday evening at 7 p.
Cory Booker joins history's longest Senate speeches with 14-hour protest. See how his compares to the all-time record filibusters in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record this week for the longest speech ever made on the Senate floor, but it wasn't a filibuster. Here's why.