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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil ...
Nearly 70 years after Strom Thurmond filibustered against Black civil rights, Booker’s marathon speech called out threats to democracy and the harm of Trump-era policies.
Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom ...
Cory Booker's speech passed the record set by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of ...
New Jersey's Sen. Cory Booker urged Americans concerned about the Trump agenda to find some "good trouble," summoning the Civil Rights Movement.
Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, delivered the longest recorded floor ... which he made while speaking against the Civil Rights Act ...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is continuing a marathon speech on the Senate floor, which passed the 25-hour mark and broke a record on Tuesday evening, all without a bathroom trip, a bite of food or even a ...
"Generations from now will look back at this moment and have a single question — where were you?" View Entire Post › ...
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the ...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) set the record for the longest floor speech in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. In doing so, he eclipsed a filibuster by Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-SC), who spoke for 24 hours and 18 ...
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 WASHINGTON ...
Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.