Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., broke the record for longest individual speech in Senate history after a 25-hour-plus stand on the Senate floor that began Monday evening and continued Tuesday, intended as a protest of President Donald Trump’s policies.
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00:00As of Tuesday afternoon, Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for
00:0419 hours.
00:05Here's what you need to know.
00:07The New Jersey Democrat took the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Eastern Monday to attack Trump's
00:12policies and promised to stand and talk, quote, as long as I am physically able.
00:18He's criticized the Trump administration for, quote, putting profits over people, quote,
00:23trying to gut Medicaid and Medicare and threatening changes to Social Security, dismantling the
00:28Department of Education, accidentally deporting a Maryland resident, and more.
00:33Booker has yielded to questions from other Democrats to get a break from speaking, but
00:37has not given up the floor and remained standing to comply with Senate rules.
00:42So is he filibustering?
00:43Technically, no.
00:45According to the Senate, filibuster is, quote, a loosely defined term for action designed
00:50to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other
00:55debatable question.
00:57No legislation or nomination is actually being blocked.
01:01The current record is 24 hours and 18 minutes, which was set to protest the Civil Rights
01:06Act of 1957.
01:08Get live updates on this story and more at Forbes.com.