Senator Cory Booker's marathon Senate floor speech has just broken Ted Cruz's filibuster speech record. Booker, who has held the floor since about 7 p.m. ET on Monday, has just surpassed the Texas Republican's record of 21 hours 19 minutes.
Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”
N.J., for delivering the "longest filibuster" in US history, despite Booker once arguing the filibuster is an "abuse of power."
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The New Jersey senator got a big thumbs-up from supporters like Kamala Harris. Others have called it a “filibuster of nothing.”
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