Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made Senate history Tuesday evening after speaking for more than 24 hours on the chamber’s floor, eclipsing the previous record for the longest Senate speech held by the late Strom Thurmond.
At 7:19 p.m., Booker officially set the new record with a marathon speech of 24 hours and 19 minutes that first began Monday at 7 p.m. in a symbolic protest of President Donald Trump’s second term.
“I don’t have that much gas in the tank,” Booker said as he approached the 22-hour mark.
Staying true to his initial mission to hold control of the floor and halt all other legislative business for as long as he was “physically able” to do so, Booker took only brief breaks over the past 24
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