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Cory Booker breaks Senate record with a 25-hour speech

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“There’s a lot of people out there asking Democrats to do more and to take risks and do things differently,” an exhausted Booker told reporters after he walked off the floor.
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Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Trump’s sweeping actions.
From Los Angeles Times
Booker said he'd been aware of Thurmond's record since first coming to the Senate in 2013 — a room near the Senate chamber is still named for him — and it bothered him.
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