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While Booker did break the record for the longest speech ever made on the Senate floor — he spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes — technically, he was not filibustering legislation.
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“A gathering like this can’t be the end of our activism,” Booker said.
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WASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the Senate floor, where he has been delivering a marathon speech railing against President Donald Trump and his administration's sweeping policy changes.
Amid the buzz around Booker's record-breaking speech, some social media users have rediscovered an unexpected fact—Cory Booker is actually the DNA cousin of legendary drag performer and television host RuPaul.
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Daily Voice on MSNCory Booker Staffer Kevin Batts Arrested At CapitolKevin Batts, a staffer for Sen. Cory Booker, was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license just before the New Jersey Democrat's marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday, March 31, according to various news reports citing the Capitol Police.