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The practice dates back to the Senate’s earliest days.
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In a historic speech that literally lasted more than a day — 25 hours and four minutes, to be exact — the New Jersey senator lambasted President Trump’s damaging, cruel, chaotic, and Constitution-defy...
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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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We look at the history of filibustering in the US as NJ Sen. Cory Booker continues to talk
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker started his record-breaking filibuster on the Senate floor on Monday with a speech criticizing the Trump administration.
Longest Filibusters in History: Cory Booker Goes Overnight in Trump Protest
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.
Sen. Cory Booker Stomps On Alleged Racist Sen. Strom Thurmond’s Speech Record, X Approves
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey eclipsed the speech record on the Senate floor held by alleged racist, the late Sen. Strom Thurmond.
Cory Booker and the immeasurable power of one voice
By any measure, Democratic Senator Cory Booker’s marathon speech on the Senate floor was a stunt. But it was also mesmerizing and inspiring — a display of perseverance and defiance at a time when this country desperately needed it.
What Cory Booker Learned After Speaking for 25 Hours
An adrift Democratic Party received a much-needed jolt of energy this week when Democratic senator Cory Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.
Booker’s message was powerful and simple: Just do something. Now it’s your turn
A senator's record-breaking speech showed Democrats, and America, that silence is not an option in the Trump era.
What's the longest filibuster in US history? What did Cory Booker talk about for 25 hours?
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.
Sen. Cory Booker on his marathon, 25-hour speech on the Senate floor
Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.
Analysis | The Hidden Power Of Marathon Senate Speeches: What History Tells Us About Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Oration
Guest columnist Charlie Hunt, a political science professor at Boise State University, says US Sen. Cory Booker made history on April 1 when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes,
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Word of the Week: The swashbuckling origins and evolution of 'filibuster'
Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the stonewalling.
Long Before Cory Booker, Patton Oswalt Delivered an Epic Star Wars Filibuster on ‘Parks and Recreation’
On Parks and Recreation ‘s “Article Two” — season five, episode 19, which aired in 2013 — Oswalt played Garth Blundin, a Pawnee citizen and history buff who opposes changing hundreds-year-old local laws, no matter how nonsensical.
Here's How Cory Booker Spoke For 25 Hours Without Sitting, Eating, OR Going To The Bathroom
Cory Booker broke the record for the longest continuous speech in modern Senate history on Tuesday, speaking for approximately 25 hours and five minutes. Senator Booker surpassed the previous record of 24 hours and 18 minutes held by Senator Strom Thurmond in 1957.
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