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For more than 25 hours, the New Jersey Democrat stood at the Senate lectern speaking against President Donald Trump’s policies in what may be the most dramatic and sustained public challenge to Trump...
From TIME
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes this week, breaking the modern record for the longest Senate speech ever.
From U.S. News & World Report
Booker's speech, which he framed as a response to calls for action from his constituents, focused on criticizing the Trump administration's policies.
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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.
1don MSN
Booker, the senior Democrat from New Jersey, on Tuesday broke the previously-held record for an individual speech given in 1957 by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond.
Sen. Cory Booker gave a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and five minutes. Here are the top five moments from his speech.
2don MSN
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 68 years ago.
Sen. Cory Booker's Senate speech against the Trump administration broke Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 record Tuesday night to become the longest floor speech ever at more than 24 hours.
Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor, but it was not filibuster. A filibuster is a speech designed to delay or prevent a vote on a bill. Booker was not trying to prevent specific legislation from passing but was speaking to show Democrats' resistance to President Donald Trump.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) set a new record for the longest Senate speech in history on Monday and Tuesday by holding the upper chamber’s floor for more than 25 hours. Booker slammed the
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Ari Melber on MSNBC's 'The Beat with Ari Melber' following his historic Senate speech: ARI MELBER, HOST: I would say the man of the hour, but he might be the man of 25 hours.