They can occasionally be theatrical, and involve a senator holding the floor indefinitely to prevent other Senate business ... Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster ...

ASHINGTON – Just after 2 p.m., two aides wheeled Strom Thurmond in his black and silver wheelchair through a crowd of supporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. “Hiya doon, hiya doon,” the ...