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‘Shameless’ Dems embrace filibuster they once tried to abolish
Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...
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The Longest Filibuster In History Lasted More Than A Day - Here's How It Went Down
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 ...
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Nation: THE SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
(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 ...
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Democrats just used a famous tactic to get the Senate to vote on guns - and it has a fascinating history
Strom Thurmond, a senator from South Carolina, takes the cake for longest filibuster in recorded history, at 24 hours and 18 minutes. He was trying to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957 from passing.