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Senator Booker (D-NJ) broke Senator Strom Thurmond's (D-SC) 1957 filibuster record. But did he advance his cause or just ...
First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling ...
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently broke the record ... But Paul had been heard, with the greatest impact imaginable. All filibusters aren’t the same, but they usually have a point.
Senator Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech—an ... longer than Strom Thurmond’s 1957 attempt to filibuster the Civil Rights Act. The impact of Booker’s effort remains to be seen ...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech has lasted 18 hours. The record for the longest individual speech belongs to ...
Booker's speech has, ironically, put the filibuster in focus ... President Barack Obama called it a "Jim Crow relic" — and impact on productivity. Some politicians have proposed further changes ...
Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's ...