Sen. Cory Booker's more-than-25-hour Senate speech surpassed the previous record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina during a 1957 filibuster against the advance of the Civil Rights Act.
Sources
- Democratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon speaks for more than 22 hours to protest Trump amid shutdown (apnews.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/cory-booker-speech-ignites-democrats-desperate-fighter-rcna199204 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-cory-booker-holds-overnight-115933931.html (yahoo.com)
- https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-senate/senator-cory-booker-d-nj-breaks-record-for-longest-floor-speech-in-senate-history/5159021 (c-span.org)
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