Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest speech ever delivered in the U.S. Senate, speaking for over 24 hours to ...

When you think of a filibuster, you might imagine a senator standing at the podium, talking for hours just to delay a vote.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) At 7 p.m. on Day 71 of Donald Trump's presidency, United States Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, rose to speak on the Senate floor. He did not cede his right to ...

"I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able," Sen. Cory Booker said. Booker began speaking at 7 p.m. Monday and ...

Cory Booker’s record-breaking ... In research published in 2023, we compared filibusters and long speeches in the United States and overseas. The long speeches we examined took place in national ...

Cory Booker, D-N.J.,, speaks during a confirmation ... “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave ...

That’s what happened during Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act – the longest speech on the Senate floor before Booker’s performance. When Thurmond needed a bathroom break ...

With Lewis’ passing five years ago, we lost a moral compass. But in the halls of the Senate recently, Sen. Cory Booker admired Lewis and embodied his spirit of principled activism. He has answered ...

Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey ... pledged to use his time to disrupt "the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able." "In just 71 days, the ...

Cory Booker’s record-breaking ... In research published in 2023, we compared filibusters and long speeches in the United States and overseas. The long speeches we examined took place in national ...