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Sen. Cory Booker makes history delivering longest speech ever on Senate floor, speaks for 25 hours straight

Sen. Cory Booker makes history delivering longest speech ever on Senate floor, speaks for 25 hours straight

Sen. Cory Booker set a new U.S. Senate record with a 25-hour, 5-minute speech, which is considered the longest ever on the U.S. Senate floor. The New Jersey Democrat surpassed the 1957 record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act.  Unlike Thurmond’s obstructionist stand, Booker’s speech took aim at several of…

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