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  2. Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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    The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2025.

  3. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.

  4. Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Wikipedia

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    During the debate over the law, Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest one-person filibuster in Senate history. Under the direction of Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate passed a watered-down, yet also passable, version of the House bill which removed stringent voting protection clauses. [1]

  5. ‘Shameless’ Dems embrace filibuster they once tried to abolish

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    The Dems’ new infatuation with the filibuster is a far cry from January 2022, when Democrats controlled the Senate and 48 of them voted to eliminate it while Republicans used the procedural move ...

  6. The longest filibusters: where does Chris Murphy stack up? - AOL

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    Sen. Chris Murphy filibustered for nearly 15 hours into early Thursday. This marathon was put down as the 9th longest since 1900.

  7. Wayne Morse - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, Morse conducted a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes protesting the Submerged Lands Act, which at the time was the longest one-person filibuster in U.S. Senate history (a record surpassed four years later by Strom Thurmond's 24-hour-18-minute filibuster in opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1957).

  8. Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump's agenda through ...

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    The U.S. Senate's "filibuster" rule requires 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to advance most legislation. Republicans will start next year with a 53-47 Senate majority, which would require seven ...

  9. 88th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    March 30 – June 10, 1964: The longest filibuster in the history of the Senate was waged against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with 57 days of debate over a 73-day period. It ended when the Senate voted 71–29 to invoke cloture , with the filibuster carried out by southern members of the Democratic Party, the first successful cloture motion ...