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Sen. Cory Booker on how he pulled off his marathon speech

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For more than 25 hours, the New Jersey Democrat stood at the Senate lectern speaking against President Donald Trump’s policies in what may be the most dramatic and sustained public challenge to Trump...
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Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the State Supreme Court yesterday, maintaining the court's four-three liberal majority.
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It was a symbolic victory for a Black senator out-talking segregationist Strom Thurmond, who set the previous record while filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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Booker defeats Thurmond
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With a Nod to America's Civil Rights Legacy, Sen. Cory Booker Makes a Mark of His Own
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With a nod to America’s civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
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 civil rights icon John Lewis.
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