Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from ...

As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his ...

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

WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record ...

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey eclipsed the speech record on the Senate floor held by alleged racist, the late Sen. Strom ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (S.C.) record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the ...

Sen. Cory Booker of NJ broke the longtime Senate filibuster record on Tuesday set by Edgefield native Sen. Strom Thurmond, ...

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

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor in a marathon speech, beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 ...

The record for speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate once held by South Carolina U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond was broken ...

Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster against civil rights. The New Jersey Democrat took the floor at 6:59 p.m. on Monday, saying he was doing so with the “intention of disrupting the normal ...