New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 31 and did not yield the floor for more than 25 hours.

The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes, approximately 46 minutes longer.

The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.

As Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.

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.

An adrift Democratic Party received a much-needed jolt of energy this week when Democratic senator Cory Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.

In a record-breaking speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions.

Sen. Cory Booker joins Ari Melber reflects on beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for longest speech on the Senate floor. Thurmond's previous record was 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking in opposition to The Civil Rights Act of 1957.

A story Team 10 broke on a Canadian woman who was arrested by ICE after being denied entry at the San Diego border is being raised in Washington. The New Jersey Democratic made history on the Senate floor for his 25-hour and 5-minute-long speech that ended Tuesday night.