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The longest filibuster in US history! Give it up for the Garden State’s Democratic Senator, Cory Booker – 25 hours and 5 minutes on the floor!

Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

How he prepared for the record breaking speech.

The National Constitute Center says that “a public debate [has] started about whether his marathon appearance should count as a true filibuster, or instead as just a long speaking appearance. Most likely, based on the rules of the Senate and tradition, Booker’s efforts will count as the latter, and not as included in the list of classic Senate filibusters” (Booker could not block or obstruct the vote on Whitaker’s nomination from happening, which is one of the key goals of any filibuster, due to the Senate having previously voted to invoke cloture for the nomination vote for Whitaker as NATO ambassador.)

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