Cory Booker’s record-breaking, 25-hour Senate floor speech, which began on March 31, 2025, and ended on April 1, momentarily ...

That’s what happened during Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act – the longest speech on the Senate floor before Booker’s performance. When Thurmond needed a bathroom break ...

Long speeches incorporate varied topics and texts. Whether or not these digressions are relevant to the issue at hand, they make the speaker’s remarks last longer.

N.J., led his marathon speech against the Trump administration on the Senate floor last month, I had countless texts and discussions about his legislative tactic. His 25-hour speech was ...

The ascendance of several young senators — and one big potential retirement — is reshaping power within the caucus.

(Senate Television via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into ...