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Democratic Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey just squashed a decades-long speech record on the Senate Floor. Booker spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, shattering the record previously held by South ...
On Tuesday at 7:19 p.m., Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) surpassed the late South Carolina segregationist Strom Thurmond’s longstanding record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate, which ...
The New Jersey senator talked to TPM about his strategy on Capitol Hill and what he hopes will happen in the public after his ...
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new ...
Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's ...
After Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech, a voice actor, speech-language pathologist, and physician weigh in.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker broke a Senate record by conducting a 25-hour speech in protest of President Donald Trump earlier ...
Beginning Monday night, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker stood and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, according to his office, ...
We often see records being set for the most bizarre and unique things - like the longest fingernails, the most Big Macs consumed in a lifetime, or the largest rubber duck collection.
The New Jersey Democrat spoke for 25 hours and five minutes without rest to protest the president’s actions in his second ...
For stretches, the speech had a kind of relaxed podcast vibe, as Booker kidded with other senators or even did quasi-comedy bits (his re-enactment of Elon Musk trying to describe to Joe Rogan why ...
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 ...