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

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

Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor, but it was not filibuster. A filibuster is a speech ...

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

Senator Booker surpassed the previous record of 24 hours and 18 minutes held by Senator Strom Thurmond in 1957. Senator Strom Thurmond was for speaking out AGAINST the Civil Rights Act of 1957, while ...

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 ...

Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which established voting rights protections for Black people.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor for 25 hours and five minutes on Tuesday, taking aim at President Donald Trump’s policies.

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 ...

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

Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against authoritarianism and in support of Americans feeling the stress of the Trump ...

Nearly 70 years after Strom Thurmond filibustered against Black civil rights, Booker’s marathon speech called out threats to ...