First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling ...

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom Thurmond, who attempted to filibuster the Civil Rights Act.

When you think of a filibuster, you might imagine a senator standing at the podium, talking for hours just to delay a vote.

Cory Booker's speech a filibuster? The reason why Booker’s ... after the speech he was “very aware” of Thurmond's record. “I've always felt it was a strange shadow to hang over this ...

Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest speech ever delivered in the U.S. Senate, speaking for over 24 hours to ...

The New Jersey Democrat held the Senate floor for over 25 hours, toppling a record set decades ago by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Scientists assess that, on average, humans can survive without water for about three days. Long before that, your kidneys ...

Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, on May 29 for a live speaking event. Booker broke the record for the longest continuous Senate ... a segregationist and southern Democrat, to filibuster the advance of the ...

Cory Booker’s speech served as a reminder of the Senate’s potential for meaningful debate, but also underscored how far the ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) fasted for days and stopped drinking water the night before his record-breaking 25-hour filibuster this week on the Senate floor, he told reporters after it was over.

Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke the record for the longest filibuster on the Senate floor. His goal, according to political analyst Ed Kilgore, was to “dramatize the scope and intensity of ...