US Senator Cory Booker breaks record holding the floor for over 25 hours<br /><br />Democratic US Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the Senate's longest continuous speech on Tuesday, April 1, holding the floor for over 25 hours.<br /><br />The record was previously held by the segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.<br /><br />In the summer of 1957 Thurmond launched a filibuster against civil rights legislation that lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, Thurmond failed in his mission to block a bill that expanded federal protections of voting rights for Black people.<br /><br />The 55-year-old New Jersey lawmaker in a speech that began at 7 p.m. ET (2300 GMT) on Monday criticized the campaign by president Donald Trump and his key adviser Elon Musk, the world's richest person, to slash large swaths of the federal government.<br /><br />SENATE TV / REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /><br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /><br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /><br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /><br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /><br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#worldnews <br />#corybooker <br />#recordholder
