In 2013, the Cruz's filibuster lasted 21 hours 19 minutes against against Obamacare, which expanded Medicaid eligibility. During the speech, Cruz read Dr. Seuss children's classic Green Eggs and Ham.

After nearly 13 hours during which he had only a few short breaks while sympathetic senators took over the talking, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky ended his filibuster of John Brennan's CIA ...

The clock is ticking toward the end of the session on Friday at 6 p.m., so the filibuster could threaten priorities of the Republican-controlled legislature.

As it rolled past 20 hours, ... Sen. Cory Booker's anti-Trump filibuster is now over 20 hours, nearing record. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app.

Rand Paul's pledge to defeat the budget deal fell flat. — -- Sen. Rand Paul staged what he said was a filibuster in an attempt to delay the bipartisan budget deal -– but he only spoke on ...

After 10 hours and 30 minutes, Sen. Rand Paul has relinquished the Senate floor, ending his “filibuster” over NSA surveillance programs and the Patriot Act.

At 3:20 p.m. on May 2, Meier stood at his desk and began speaking. He continued until May 4, at 10:20 a.m. In compliance with the rules of a filibuster, he didn’t lean on anything, he said.

The longest filibuster in U.S. history was South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition.

Strom Thurmond. In fact, a 1957 article in Time magazine says that Thurmond left the Senate floor about 4 ½ hours into his 24-hour, 18-minute filibuster to use a bathroom. And there’s other ...

She stood and spoke for nearly 11 hours straight, but Democratic Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis' filibuster was stopped by points of order. But the effort wasn't in vain — the clock ran out on the ...