Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record, but it wasn't a filibuster
Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom ...
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See the moment Sen. Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond's record
As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his ...
Booker's Senate record broke Thurmond's plea to 'go down fighting' against voting rights
Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of ...
With a nod to America's civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he started it more than 25 hours earlier: by ...
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Cory Booker invokes the late John Lewis in record-setting Senate speech
The New Jersey senator broke the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate speech. He said he was inspired by Lewis' advice to cause "good trouble." ...
Cory Booker speaks for 25 hours, shares ties to Lewis and Carter
WASHINGTON — New Jersey's Democratic Sen. Cory Booke r set a new record Tuesday for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history. His speech didn't come without some Georgia ...
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Maryland congressman urges Senate Dems to ‘pick new leadership’ after Schumer’s shutdown vote U-turn
A Maryland Democratic congressman urged his Senate colleagues ... “It’s important for us to make sure that at this critical time we have leaders that are going to lead us in the right direction.
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Jerry Lewis’ Most Notorious Public Feuds: Joan Rivers, Dean Martin and More
In the early 1950s, two comedy duos ruled the roost in Hollywood – Martin and Lewis, and their predecessors Crosby and Bob Hope. All four men came together for a 1952 U.S. Olympics telethon ...
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Relief as US Congress averts government shutdown
WASHINGTON: The United States averted a government shutdown with ... The week's action in Congress marked a big victory for Trump, who turned the political thumbscrews on some holdouts among ...
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert under fire for “racist and derogatory” comment about Black congressman
A Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania is pushing to censure Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, alleging Boebert made “racist and derogatory” comments about a Black colleague on television.
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New US Labor Secretary, Congress Should Act on Child Labor
The US Congress has an important role in the fight to end child labor. In good news this week, Senators Cory Booker and Josh Hawley reintroduced bipartisan legislation aiming to hold companies ...
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Senator Cynthia Lummis to reintroduce the Bitcoin bill in US Congress
On March 11, Senator Cynthia Lummis announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she is going to reintroduce the Bitcoin bill in the US Congress today. Titled “Boosting Innovation, Technology ...