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WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker began speaking on ...
Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which established voting rights protections for Black people.
Cory Booker wrote himself into the Senate annals Tuesday, setting a new record for the chamber’s longest speech when he held the floor for more than 24 hours and surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond ...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor for 25 hours and five minutes on Tuesday, taking aim at President Donald Trump’s policies.
Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against authoritarianism and in support of Americans feeling the stress of the Trump ...
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor in a marathon speech, but will he beat Sen. Strom Thurmond ...
Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What ...
As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he ...
Breaking Sen. Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest Senate speech in history was just one of the things Sen. Cory Booker accomplished on Tuesday. Portions of his 25-hour-and-five-minute speech, ...
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.
Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes without sitting, eating, or going to the bathroom on Tuesday, setting a new record for the longest continuous speech in modern Senate history.
Fitting that Senator Cory Booker broke segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's reocord for the longest Senate floor speech on ...