The Senate allows for unlimited debate on a bill, but the House has rules that limit speaking time. So while a traditional filibuster isn’t possible in the House, the majority and minority leaders are allowed a “magic minute,” a procedural privilege, to speak for an extended period. On Thursday Jeffries (pictured below) spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes, breaking the record of 8 hours and 32 minutes previously set by Kevin McCarthy in 2021.
The Senate recordIn 1957 Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina talked for more than 24 hours, the longest individual filibuster on record, as part of an unsuccessful attempt by Southern senators to obstruct civil rights legislation. Thurmond’s not the only one who has stretched the limits of the filibuster. Three other senators have filibustered for more than 20 hours: Alfonse D’Amato, Wayne Morse, and Ted Cruz. Earlier this year Sen. Cory Booker gave a speech that lasted more than 25 hours, but it wasn’t technically considered a filibuster, because it was not related to legislation.
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