How Cory Booker Broke the Senate Filibuster Record
The arduous 25 hour, 5 minute speech required days of physical preparation for the 55-year-old senator. Late in the evening on April 1, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) yielded the Senate floor after a marathon speaking session that had begun more than 24 hours earlier, his speech shattering the record previously held by Sen. Strom Thurmond