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Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) record marathon speech on the Senate floor won the floundering Democratic Party something it has ...
"Just surprised to see support for the 'Jim Crow filibuster' here," she wrote. Booker himself has flipped on the issue ...
Democrats denounced the Senate filibuster as a racist relic of Jim Crow, now that they’re in the minority and Cory Booker ...
The New Jersey Democrat held the Senate floor for over 25 hours, toppling a record set decades ago by segregationist Sen.
The New Jersey senator talked to TPM about his strategy on Capitol Hill and what he hopes will happen in the public after his ...
That won Reid plaudits from his Democratic colleagues. Booker began speaking around 7 p.m. ET Monday. The question is whether this constitutes a "filibuster" or is just a really long speech.
Throughout Booker’s speech, most Senate Democrats showed their support by offering him a brief ... all the more reason to revive the talking filibuster to combat Trump’s agenda.
Utah Sen. John Curtis got a front-row seat to Sen. Cory Booker's history-making speech this week, even offering his ...
WASHINGTON — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen ... Black Caucus stood on the edge of the Senate floor to support Booker. “Moments like this require us to be more creative ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon ...
Senator Cory Booker ... a groundswell of support as he continued to speak—not just from some Republicans who lent their voices to continue his filibuster, but even some Democrats.
The filibuster has been a deeply controversial tool for the Senate in recent years, with many Democrats ... to see support for the 'Jim Crow filibuster' here," she wrote. Booker himself has ...