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Cory Booker, a senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, didn't take bathroom breaks or wander far from his desk during his record-breaking speech.
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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber...
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Sen. Cory Booker says he didn't eat for days, stopped hydrating before history-making speech
Cory Booker, a senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, didn't take bathroom breaks or wander far from his desk during his record-breaking speech.
How Cory Booker prepared for his 25-hour speech on the Senate floor
After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time.
How Cory Booker’s record-long Senate speech compares to others in history
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What to know about Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history on Tuesday night.
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Cory Booker sets record for longest continuous speech on the Senate floor
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.
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‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home
Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.
Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech after 24 hours
US Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech ever delivered in the Senate. The New Jersey politician took to the floor on Monday evening and was still going more than 24 hours later.
Is Cory Booker Running for President?
Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech has stirred presidential speculation, but experts told Newsweek it's too early to know how viable of a candidate he may be in 2028.Newsweek reached out to Booker for comment via his office and political team.
Did Cory Booker use the bathroom during longest filibuster ever? Eat? Drink? What we know
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker spoke out against Trump's policies for over 25 hours. Did he drink, eat, nap or use the bathroom? Here's your answers.
With a nod to America’s civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
The Cory Booker Endurance Test
For 25 hours straight, Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor delivering the longest speech in the chamber’s history without stopping to eat, go to the bathroom or even sit down. “It’s an amazing physical feat, absolutely,” said Dr. Santina Wheat, a family medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Illinois.
Bevan: Cory Booker Rises to the Challenge To Fight - Against What, Exactly?
Cory Booker's record-breaking long speech in the Senate this week is a perfect representation of the Democratic Party in the second Trump era, Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast. "This is almost a perfect encapsulation of the fighting spirit that Democrats are after,
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