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Booker called for Republicans who don't agree with Trump's economic plans to resist them, citing positions by conservative groups such as the Cato Institute and the Manhattan Institute.
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Over the course of 25 hours, Booker railed against the Trump administration’s handling of immigration and education and the looming threats to Social Security and Medicare, urging his fellow Democrats...
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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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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 spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes, approximately 46 minutes longer.
Breaking Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest Senate speech in history was just one of the things Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey accomplished on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Corey Booker might have rambled the longest, but Rand Paul made an impact. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently broke the record in how long anyone had spoken in the Senate chamber, ever—for 25 hours—besting the former record held by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina (at that time a Democrat).
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The Nation on MSNCory Booker Makes History. Donald Trump Will Never Erase It.The New Jersey senator broke Strom Thurmond’s record for speaking on the Senate floor. May Booker break the back of the neo-segregationism that Trump represents.
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