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In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday night, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’...
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Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered a 25-hour speech on the Senate floor this week, surpassing the previous Senate record for longest speech.
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The Democratic senator from New Jersey broke the record set by segregationist Strom Thurmond in 1957, saying later that Thurmond’s record “always kind of just really irked me.”
Cory Booker made history with the longest speech ever delivered on the Senate floor. On Tuesday night (Apr. 1), Booker rallied in the final hours of his marathon speech aimed at Donald Trump, Elon Musk,
Booker surpassed the record of former Sen. Strom Thurmond who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 with a 24-hour and 18-minute speech.
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The Forward on MSNCory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here — 19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speechBooker donned a hostage pin and mentioned Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American soldier from New Jersey who is a captive in Gaza.
"And so we all have a responsibility, I believe, to do something different, to cause—as [the late] John Lewis said—'good trouble,' and that includes me."
Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey delivered a 25-hour and 4-minute speech in the Senate, breaking a record. He condemned the Trump administration's policies and emphasized the urgent threats ...
Senator Cory Booker delivered a marathon speech in the United States Senate, where he criticized the policies of the Trump administration, particularly budget cuts and immigration
Cory Booker’s marathon speech against the Trump administration has now broken the record for the longest Senate speech in history—and he’s still not done talking.The New Jersey Democrat has held the Senate floor for more than a day,
One of the longest speeches in Senate history delivered as Democrats try to show irate supporters they’re doing all they can to fight Trump’s agenda.