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1. A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening -- and he doesn't plan on leaving it any time s

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Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:38 AM

Apr 2025

A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening — and he doesn’t plan on leaving it any time soon. In a text message to TPM, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was about to begin speaking for as long as he could stand.

“I am disrupting business as usual,” Booker told TPM. “I am not allowing us to just carry on with the expected order of the Senate.”

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Inside Cory Booker's Plan To Disrupt 'Business As Usual' On The Senate Floor - TPM [View all] justaprogressive Apr 2025 OP

A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening -- and he doesn't plan on leaving it any time s harris912 Apr 2025 #1

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #9

Thank you Senator Booker! FalloutShelter Apr 2025 #2

This is awesome. We should have a different Senator up there to disrupt the proceedings every day until sanity is Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #3

When there should be many, one Dem stands alone. nt Hotler Apr 2025 #4

I believe Rebl2 Apr 2025 #7

Not sure reading statements in an empty Senate Chamber accomplishes much. But Booker is better at it than Schumer. Silent Type Apr 2025 #5

It keeps the GOP from doing anything dsc Apr 2025 #6

Note to ALL Dem lawmakers. TRY something. DO something. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. Maru Kitteh Apr 2025 #8

Senator Cory Booker has started his 18th hour of a filibuster on the Senate floor. LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #10

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