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A few weeks ago, Senator Cory Booker ... Twenty-five hours and five minutes later, Booker stopped talking. He had broken the record for a continuous speech in the chamber, set, in 1957, by ...
N.J., appeared with fellow Democrats to stump for the Equality Act in a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
When you think of a filibuster, you might imagine a senator standing at the podium, talking for hours just to delay a vote.
Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest speech ever delivered in the U.S. Senate, speaking for over 24 hours to ...
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In a record-breaking 25-hour speech, Senator Cory Booker criticized the Trump administration’s policies on Social Security, education, health care, and more.
Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday night, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s ...
Sen. Cory Booker urged Americans to speak about the Trump budget plan during a sit-in on the Capitol steps Sunday.
Cory Booker’s speech served as a reminder of the Senate’s potential for meaningful debate, but also underscored how far the ...
Twenty-five hours and five minutes on the Senate floor. Senator Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech was a historic protest against ...