In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new ...

Hailed by many as a returning hero, U.S. Sen. and Bergen County native Cory Booker held a town hall at Bergen Community ...

Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest speech ever delivered in the U.S. Senate, speaking for over 24 hours to ...

When you think of a filibuster, you might imagine a senator standing at the podium, talking for hours just to delay a vote.

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 ...

Cory Booker, D-N.J.,, speaks during a confirmation ... “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave ...

Cory Booker’s record-breaking ... In research published in 2023, we compared filibusters and long speeches in the United States and overseas. The long speeches we examined took place in national ...

"I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able," Sen. Cory Booker said. Booker began speaking at 7 p.m. Monday and ...

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 ...

Cory Booker, a Bergen County native ... "I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able," Booker said as ...