The Case for the Talking Filibuster Sure, ... Meanwhile, 18 members of the segregationist Southern Caucus held the floor in four-hour shifts, which was about as long as their legs could take it.

It's hard to imagine literally talking for an entire day, but that is what happened during the longest filibuster in Senate history. The year was 1957 and Strom Thurmond, a South Carolina white ...

President Joe Biden threw his significant political weight this week behind an effort to reform the Senate’s filibuster process, telling ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that “you have to do it ...

In fact, the longest talking filibuster in history was conducted by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

The Democratic minority leader used his unlimited talking time to set back Republicans' vote timeline but didn't ultimately ...

At 10:04 Wednesday morning, House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took the floor for a one-minute speech — and ended up talking for eight hours and 10 minutes. Pelosi now holds the record for the ...

Pressure is growing among President Joe Biden's Democrats to end the filibuster, a long-standing Senate custom that requires a supermajority to advance most legislation in a chamber that in recent ...

A talking filibuster could also encourage smaller, more targeted bills. The House-passed elections package, H.R. 1, is an obscene grab bag of every progressive voting-related measure imaginable.

Senators in both parties say the success of Sen. Rand Paul’s old-fashioned filibuster Wednesday will inspire others to try the same stunt. Paul made headlines with his “talking filibuster ...

The Senate made a change in the 1970s so filibusters wouldn’t stop the Senate from working on other bills – but that also made the “silent filibuster” possible.

If the talking filibuster was reinstated, ... Meaning that for as long as the filibuster could go, the Senate would be at a complete legislative stop. Nothing could or would get done.