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Strom Thurmond, Senate and Cory Booker

Politico on MSN · 2d

So long, Strom: Cory Booker breaks Thurmond's Senate record with 25-hour speech

Cory Booker wrote himself into the Senate annals Tuesday, setting a new record for the chamber’s longest speech when he held the floor for more than 24 hours and surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster against civil rights.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Thurmond set a record opposing civil rights. A Black senator broke it.

Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He didn’t talk about his Black daughter, though.

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Cory Booker breaks record for longest known Senate speech, beating Strom Thurmond

WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker began speaking on the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump's policies.

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Senator Cory Booker Literally Talked For An Entire Day, And These 15 Highlights From His Epic Speech Are Everything

The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours ...

The American Conservative13hOpinion

This Is What an Actually Effective Filibuster Looks Like

Corey Booker might have rambled the longest, but Rand Paul made an impact. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently broke the ...

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Booker says it ‘irked’ him that Thurmond held previous record to ‘stop people like me from being in the Senate’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for ...

1don MSN

Here’s who delivered the longest speeches in Senate history — and how they managed

Sen. Cory Booker broke the record with his 25-hour-long speech protesting the Trump Administration’s policies.

Iowa Public Radio1h

Word of the Week: The swashbuckling origins and evolution of 'filibuster'

Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's ...

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Cory Booker Gets Emotional After Breaking Record for Longest Senate Speech at 25 Hours and 5 Minutes

N.J. Sen. Cory Booker has broken the fillibuster record for the longest senate speech at 25 hours and five minutes.

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Sen. Cory Booker's breaks Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 speech for longest Senate speech

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for longest Senate speech, breaking Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 speech opposing ...

2don MSN

Strom Thurmond Senate speech record broken for first time since 1957

History was made on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as New Jersey Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech in ...

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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker sets record with marathon speech, topping Strom Thurmond

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was ...

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