Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record this week for the longest speech ever made on the Senate floor, but it wasn't a filibuster. Here's why.

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 ...

Jeffries’ remarks are now the third-longest of their kind in House history, replacing Democrat Champ Clark’s five-hour and 15 ...

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

Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the ...

A filibuster of similar duration actually took place on the Senate floor in 1957, ... Senator Strom Thurmond spent 24 hours talking, ... he was the longest-serving senator in history ...