Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke Strom Thurmond’s 24-hour civil rights filibuster record with a day-long speech, but Democrats ...
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new ...
Most filibusters are staged in protest of legislation; the longest such speech previously was given by another Democratic senator — Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.) — against the Civil Rights Bill of 1957. But ...