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

Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom ...

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

Cory Booker wrote himself into the Senate annals ... held the floor for more than 25 hours and surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster against civil rights.

Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What ...

Fitting that Senator Cory Booker broke segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's reocord for the longest Senate floor speech on ...

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

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.

(CNN) — Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech that lasted 24 hour and 18 minutes in 1957. The ...