House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) beat former Rep. Kevin McCarthy for the longest House floor speech, the latest ...

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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes in denouncing President Trump's bill, a record length for a ...

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

House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early ...

The speech pushed a final vote on Republican President Donald Trump’s tax bill, initially expected in the early morning, into ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for hours to delay a final vote on Republicans’ massive tax and spending cuts ...

In an effort to more painlessly pass Trump’s wildly unpopular tax and spending bill, Republicans are pushing for a creative ...

The longest filibuster in the U.S. Senate’s history was a speech made by South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, who held the Senate floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 to delay voting on the ...

Democratic senators team up to help Cory Booker continue ‘talking filibuster’ protesting Trump agenda By Julian E.J. Sorapuru Globe Staff,Updated April 1, 2025, 3:21 p.m.