Cory Booker of New Jersey has been speaking in what is currently ... On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to ...

The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administration’s policies. He is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster.

"Generations from now will look back at this moment and have a single question — where were you?" View Entire Post › ...

As NPR noted, “The longest filibuster on record was a 1957 speech by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina — in opposition to the Civil Rights Act — that lasted for 24 hours and 18 ...

Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom ...

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what is expected to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep ...

“These are not normal times in America,” he said. “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.” Is Cory Booker's speech a filibuster? Although the speech is not a formal ...

WASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the ...

The Senator from New Jersey began speaking at 7 p.m EST on Monday and said he would hold the floor as long as he was "physically able" to ...

Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for 12 hours to obstruct proceedings while staying within the governing body’s rules in protest of the actions of President Donald Trump’s ...

Cory Booker has taken over the Senate floor Monday night with ... "I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able. ...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has carried a relentless all ... “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy ...