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Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What to know.
The country's longest-serving party whip, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois ... longer than anyone elected to the Senate in our state’s history. I am truly grateful,” Durbin said. “ ...
I'm here until he decides to sit down," Murphy posted on X. The record for the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history belongs to Strom Thurmond, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 in ...
Cory Booker’s speech served as a reminder of the Senate’s potential for meaningful debate, but also underscored how far the ...
McConnell spoke to the Glasgow-Barren County Rotary Club on Thursday. During his remarks, he expressed skepticism of ...
The longest filibuster in the U.S. Senate’s history was a speech made by South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, who held the Senate floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 to delay voting on the ...
A prominent Democrat has broken the record for the longest speech in US Senate history after speaking for more than 25 hours without a bathroom break. On Monday, Cory Booker of New Jersey stood up ...
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker mounted a historic protest on the Senate floor across two days, warning against the harms he said ...
Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced his retirement after 44 years in Congress on ...
A Democratic US lawmaker shattered a record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday, staying on his feet for more than 25 hours to deliver a fiery protest against President Donald Trump ...