Senator Cory Booker's marathon Senate floor speech has just broken Ted Cruz's filibuster speech record. Booker, who has held the floor since about 7 p.m. ET on Monday, has just surpassed the Texas Republican's record of 21 hours 19 minutes.
Cory Booker broke the record for a standing filibuster by speaking for 25 hours, surpassing the 1957 record of Sen. Strom Thurmond, who attempted to filibuster the Civil Rights Act. Rating: Mostly True (About this rating?
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N.J., for delivering the "longest filibuster" in US history, despite Booker once arguing the filibuster is an "abuse of power."
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U.S. Senator Cory Booker's filibuster is already in the record books. As of 7 p.m. on April 1, 2025, on the East Coast, the senator had spoken for more than 24 hours straight. A live stream video on YouTube shows that Booker was still speaking as of that point.
The New Jersey senator got a big thumbs-up from supporters like Kamala Harris. Others have called it a “filibuster of nothing.”