Effectiveness of Booker's Filibuster

Sen. Cory Booker on how he pulled off his marathon speech

Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration

First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling challenge to Trump’s agenda

The Conversation on MSN · 19h

The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration

Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025, when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, delivering the longest floor speech in the history of the U.

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Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record, but it wasn't a filibuster

Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor, but it was not filibuster. A filibuster is a speech designed to delay or prevent a vote on a bill. Booker was not trying to prevent specific legislation from passing but was speaking to show Democrats' resistance to President Donald Trump.

The American Conservative1dOpinion

This Is What an Actually Effective Filibuster Looks Like

Corey Booker might have rambled the longest, but Rand Paul made an impact. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently broke the ...

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Leadership Lessons From Cory Booker’s Filibuster: Focus on the Message, Not the Spotlight

Senator Booker (D-NJ) broke Senator Strom Thurmond's (D-SC) 1957 filibuster record. But did he advance his cause or just ...

A lot of people just watched Cory Booker's record-breaking filibuster

Back when he was running for president in 2019, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker became a bit of a meme when people realized ...

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Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete

Scientists assess that, on average, humans can survive without water for about three days. Long before that, your kidneys ...

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Rachel Maddow Thinks 'Initial Lethargy' From Dems 'Is Over' After Cory Booker Filibuster | Video

According to the pundit, it seems to have broken the "initial lethargy" from Dems in Trump's second term. In a ...

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Booker’s gift of the gab: Senate speech was a historic moment

From Monday evening nonstop into Tuesday evening, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker demonstrated both impressive physical stamina ...

New York Magazine3d

Cory Booker’s Speech Is the Broad Trump Indictment Democrats Need

But now that Democrats everywhere are greeting Booker’s historic non-filibuster filibuster with ... Rebuilding an effective set of public institutions and domestic and international ...

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US Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?

The Democrats have been under intense pressure to find an effective way to challenge US President Donald Trump without ...

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