Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

In reality, the filibuster has often been deployed to frustrate majority rule, or simply to rally supporters, as when Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina stood on the floor for 24 hours and ...

The longest spoken filibuster in American history was by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who went on for 24 hours and 18 minutes in filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Thurmond ...

(for James) Strom Thurmond, 59, one of the Senate’s deepest ... in 1957, during a one-man filibuster against pending civil rights legislation, Thurmond kept talking for 24 hours and 18 minutes ...

I’ve served with Strom Thurmond,” Biden said ... when he tried to pressure the Senate to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills. “Do you want to be the side of Dr. King or ...

Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster in opposition to landmark civil rights legislation remains the longest in history at just over 24 hours. Last month, Senate Democrats ...