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The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Booker spok...
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In just 71 days, the President of the United States has inflicted so much harm on Americans’ safety, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy and even our aspirations as a people for...
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“It’s an amazing physical feat, absolutely,” said Dr. Santina Wheat, a family medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Illinois.
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Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom Thurmond, who attempted to filibuster the Civil Rights Act. Rating: Mostly True (About this rating?
Sen. Cory Booker's Senate floor speech against the Trump administration and its policies now ranks among the longest, with the Democrat from New Jersey's speech crossing the 22-hour mark Tuesday evening.
Sen. Cory Booker took over the Senate floor with a marathon speech to protest President Donald Trump administration's "reckless" actions.
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Al Jazeera on MSNUS Senator Cory Booker makes history with record speech aimed at TrumpDemocrat holds floor of the US Senate for more than 25 hours, breaking Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech.
Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.
Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the Senate floor, where he has been delivering a marathon speech railing against President Donald Trump and his administration's sweeping policy changes.
Nearly 70 years after Strom Thurmond filibustered against Black civil rights, Booker’s marathon speech called out threats to democracy and the harm of Trump-era policies.
Sen. Cory Booker gave a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and five minutes. Here are the top five moments from his speech.
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.