Sen. Booker [D-NJ] has already broken Sen. Smith's filibuster record

[danny burstein]

Sen Smith made it roughly 23.5 hours [a]. Sen. Booker
is already over 24 hours and, in about ten minutes, will
beat out the record holder, Sen. Thurmond's [R-SC] with
his 24 hour, 18 minute, anti civil rights filibuster back
in 1957...

[a] from a misc movie website:

"It's interesting to note that in the film, Jefferson Smith's filibuster lasted
for close to 24 hours. (The last actual mention of the time was a CBS radio
announcer saying it has lasted 23 hours and 16 minutes, before things lead into
the climax of the film, with less than nine minutes left before the credits.)"

https://filmschoolrejects.com/could-a-u-s-senator-really-filibuster-for-24-hours-like-mr-smith-8da5f48c402e/

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[T Freitas]

Just over 25 hours! Wow!