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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech on the Senate floor this week grabbed headlines around the world and garnered positive reactions from his fellow Democrats in Maryland and scrutiny from ...
The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while ...
Senator Cory Booker made history after holding a 25 hour-long speech in the Senate - but people are just realising it has a new meaning when you know which celebrity he is related to ...
including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record. By Tracey Tully Senator Cory Booker ...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom Thurmond, who attempted to filibuster the Civil Rights Act.
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 ...