The longest U.S. Senate filibusters since 1900, when the Senate began keeping precise records, the senators who spoke for hours on end, the issues and the years:
- 24 hours, 18 minutes: Strom Thurmond, (D-S.C.), civil rights bill, 1957.
- 23 hours, 30 minutes: Alfonse D'Amato, (R-N.Y.), military bill, 1986.
- 22 hours, 26 minutes: Wayne Morse, (R-Ore.), Tidelands oil bill, 1953.
- 18 hours, 23 minutes: Robert La Follette Sr., (R-Wis.), currency bill, 1908.
- 16 hours, 12 minutes: William Proxmire, (D-Wis.), debt increase, 1981.
- 15 hours, 30 minutes: Huey Long, (D-La.), industrial recovery, 1935.
- 15 hours, 14 minutes: D'Amato, (R-N.Y.), tax bill, 1992.
- 14 hours, 13 minutes: Robert Byrd, (D-W.Va.), civil rights bill, 1964.
- 12 hours, 52 minutes: Rand Paul, (R-Ky.), use of drones against American citizens, 2013.
- 8 hours, 39 minutes: Harry Reid, (D-Nev.), protesting a Republican-led filibuster, 2003.
- 8 hours, 37 minutes: Bernard Sanders, (I-Vt.), extension of tax cuts, 2010.
source:
The Longest US Senate Filibusters - ABC News
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