WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil ...

Cory Booker during a marathon speech ... the previous record for the longest floor speech — Strom Thurmond's 1957 speech against the Civil Rights Act that lasted 24 hours, 18 minutes.

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., broke the record for the longest speech given on the Senate ... an effort to block the passage of landmark civil rights legislation for Black Americans.

On Tuesday at 7:19 p.m., Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) surpassed the late South Carolina segregationist Strom Thurmond’s longstanding record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate, which ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and ...

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 the evening of April 1, setting a ...

Cory Booker ... a piece of civil rights legislation in 1957. However, Thurmond’s filibuster was "wind assisted." There was no television or social media. Most reporters didn’t realize he ...