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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 Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrat...
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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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Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 68 years ago.
Cory Booker hands weary Democrats a lifeline with marathon Trump protest
Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate’s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week,
Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration
First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling challenge to Trump’s agenda
Democrats win Wisconsin, Republican margins sag in Florida | The Excerpt
Cory Booker breaks the record for the longest known Senate speech. Plus, actor Val Kilmer dies at 65. It's all on The Excerpt.
Cory Booker and the immeasurable power of one voice
By any measure, Democratic Senator Cory Booker’s marathon speech on the Senate floor was a stunt. But it was also mesmerizing and inspiring — a display of perseverance and defiance at a time when this country desperately needed it.
Democrats Demoralized by Trump Get a Boost From Wisconsin Voters and Cory Booker's Speech
Democratic leaders are sharing a rare moment of relief — if not celebration — as they cling to election results from Wisconsin and Florida that offered a glimmer of hope for their party
Booker defeats Thurmond
We already knew Cory Booker could talk. The question was for how long. And now we have the answer: Just over 25 hours. Booker at 7:18 Tuesday night broke the record for longest single-person speech on the Senate floor.
Will Cory Booker's speech be the moment that galvanized opposition to Trump? | Opinion
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's fiery filibuster may be the moment exhausted Democrats have needed to galvanize opposition to the Trump agenda.
With a Nod to America's Civil Rights Legacy, Sen. Cory Booker Makes a Mark of His Own
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Cory Booker's speech meets the moment for Dems. Is another White House bid in his future?
Sen. Cory Booker may have given Democrats the moment they've been waiting for against President Donald Trump and his GOP congressional majorities.
MAGA is melting down over Cory Booker’s filibuster attacking Trump
BREAKING: Fox News is melting down because Democrat Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 13 straight hours now, criticizing Donald Trump's ridiculous policies, with no signs of stopping anytime soon. There are a lot of bad things to say about… pic.twitter.com/QllDwWHXMo
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