So long, Strom: Cory Booker breaks Thurmond's Senate record with 25-hour speech. The New Jersey Democrat has held the floor since Monday night in protest of President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, raised a record amount of money in the second quarter of the year on the heels ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957.

With 25 hours and 5 minutes, Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which established voting rights ...

(CNN) — Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech that lasted 24 hour and 18 minutes in 1957.

APRIL 1, 2025 - Sen. Cory Booker is continuing to hold the Senate floor on Tuesday as part of a marathon speech, but can he break SC Sen. Strom Thurmond's 24-hour speaking record?

Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record, but it wasn't a filibuster The senator spoke for more than 25 hours, breaking a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957.

Cory Booker said he was determined to surpass Strom Thurmond’s record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the segregationist held the mark.

At 7:18 p.m. Tuesday, he surpassed Thurmond’s 1957 speech, which lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes, according to the Senate historian. Booker yielded the floor at 8:05 p.m., adding 48 minutes to ...

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted more ... Booker surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech that lasted 24 hour and 18 ...

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted more ... Booker surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech that lasted 24 hour and 18 ...