Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) seized the Senate floor for more than 22 hours, protesting President Donald Trump and his administration amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Merkley spoke from 6:21 p.m. ET on Oct. 21 until 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 22, taking time to pause for questions from other Senate Democrats.
The senator’s speech was one of the longest in the upper chamber’s history, coming just shy of Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) last April. Booker was also protesting the Trump administration and broke the Senate’s speech length record with his remarks, which endured for more than 25 hours, surpassing a 1957 speech by then-Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.), who was filibustering the passage of the Civil Rights Act….
Democratic Sen. Merkley Holds Senate Floor for 21 Hours, Protesting Trump Admin
