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1915
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Ship Purchase Act
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From noon on Feb 8 until 6:00 p.m. on Feb 10. (54 hours)
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1927
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Resolution to continue investigation of the Frank L. Smith-William S. Vare election cases
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From 11:00 a.m. on Mar 2 to 12:02 a.m. on Mar 4.
(37 hours, 2 minutes)
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1935
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National Recovery Act Extension
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From noon on Jun 12 until 6:20 a.m. on Jun 13.
(18 hours, 20 minutes)
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1947
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Veto of labor bill
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From noon on Jun 20 to 6:52 p.m. on Jun 21.
(30 hours, 52 minutes)
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1948
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Closing session
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From 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Jun 18, to 7:14 a.m. on Sunday, Jun 20.
(44 hours, 14 minutes)
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1950
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Closing session
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From 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Sep 22, to 5:23 p.m. on Saturday, Sep 23.
(29 hours, 53 minutes)
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This was the session in which Senator William Langer (R-ND) collapsed during a filibuster on the veto of the Communist registration bill.
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1952
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Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1953
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From noon on Saturday, Jul 5, to 5:09 a.m. Sunday, Jul 6.
(17 hours, 9 minutes)
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1953
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Tidelands bill
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From 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Apr 24, to 3:50 p.m. on Saturday, Apr 25.
(28 hours, 50 minutes)
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During this session, Senator Wayne Morse (R/I/D/-OR) broke the then-existing record for the longest Senate speech, taking the floor at 11:40 a.m. and speaking for 22 hours, 26 minutes. The Senate then took up and passed rent control, after which Senator James E. Murray (R-MT) spoke for four hours.
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1954
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Atomic Energy bill
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From 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Jul 21, to 1:34 a.m. on Friday, Jul 23.
(39 hours, 34 minutes)
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1954
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Atomic Energy bill
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From 2:00 a.m. on Friday, Jul 23 to 11:49 p.m. on Saturday, Jul 24.
(45 hours, 49 minutes)
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1954
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Atomic Energy bill
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From 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Jul 26 to 9:56 p.m. on Tuesday, Jul 27.
(35 hours, 56 minutes)
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1957
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Civil rights debate
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From 10:00 a.m. on Aug 28, to 12:59 a.m. on Aug 30.
(38 hours, 59 minutes)
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Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina began his speech at 8:54 p.m. on Aug 28 and spoke until 9:12 p.m. on Aug 29 (24 hours, 18 minutes). Interruptions for other business totaled 1 hour 18 minutes. This speech broke Senator Morse's record for the longest Senate speech.
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1960
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Civil rights
(a bill to lease a building at Fort Crowder, MO, was used as vehicle for civil rights amendments).
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From noon on Monday, Feb 29, to 5:31 p.m. on Saturday, Mar 5.
(125 hours, 16 minutes; includes a 15-minute recess on Mar 2)
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The longest unbroken session during that period took 82 hours, 2 minutes, from Mar 2 to Mar 5.
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1960
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Sugar Act
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From 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jul 2, to 8:33 a.m. on Sunday, Jul 3.
(22 hours, 33 minutes)
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1961
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Nomination of Lawrence J. O'Conner, Jr. of Texas to be a member of the Federal Power Commission
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From 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug 8, to 5:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug 9.
(31 hours, 59 minutes)
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Senator William Proxmire (D-WI), who objected to the nomination, held the floor for much of this time, yielding for the transaction of other business with the understanding that he would not lose the floor.
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1964
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Civil rights debate
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From 10:00 a.m. on Jun 9 to 9:51 a.m. on Jun 10.
(23 hours, 51 minutes)
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Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) began a speech at 7:38 p.m. and spoke for 14 hours and 13 minutes
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1977
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Natural Gas Policy Act
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From 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sep 27, to 7:12 a.m. on Wednesday, Sep 28.
(22 hours, 12 minutes)
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Senators Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) and James Abourezk (D-SD) conducted a "dilatory tactic filibuster."
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1978
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Closing session
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From 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Oct 14, to 7:16 p.m. on Sunday, Oct 15.
(34 hours, 16 minutes)
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The Senate passed many bills, but the two main items were the conference reports on energy tax and income tax.
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1980
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Selective Service
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From 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jun 20, to 6:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Jun 21.
(32 hours, 43 minutes)
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1981
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Debt limit
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From 11:00 a.m. on Sep 28, to 10:26 a.m. on Sep 29.
(23 hours, 26 minutes)
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Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) spoke for 16 hours, 12 minutes, from early evening on Sep 28 until mid-morning on Sep 29 against allowing the national debt to go over $1 trillion. Four minutes after recessing, at 10:30 a.m., the Senate reconvened, adjourning at 10:16 p.m. (11 hours, 46 minutes)
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1981
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Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982
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From 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Nov 19, to 6:52 a.m. on Friday, Nov 20.
(20 hours, 52 minutes)
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1982
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Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1983
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From 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, Dec 16, to 11:36 p.m. on Friday, Dec 17.
(37 hours, 51 minutes)
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1984
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Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1985
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From 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct 3, to 9:32 a.m. on Thursday, Oct 4.
(22 hours, 32 minutes)
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1986
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Public debt limit increase
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From 9:30 a.m. Aug 15 to 4:03 a.m. on Aug 16.
(18 hours, 33 minutes)
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1986
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Veto of South African Sanction and Continuing Resolution
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From 8:30 a.m. on Oct 2 to 5:27 a.m. on Oct 3.
(20 hours, 57 minutes)
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1988
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Senate Election Campaign Act
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From 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb 23, to 7:24 p.m. on Thursday, Feb 25.
(57 hours, 24 minutes)
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1992
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Tax bill
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From 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct 5, to 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 6.
(33 hours, 35 minutes)
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During this time, Senator Alphonse D'Amato (R-NY) spoke for 15 hours and 14 minutes in support of an amendment to the bill. The Senate then recessed for one hour and reconvened at 8:05 p.m. on Oct 6; recessed again from 8:06 p.m. until 10:32 p.m.; adjourned until the next day at 10:47 p.m.
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1994
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Congressional Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act
|
From 10:00 a.m. on Sep 22 to 4:41 p.m. on Sep 23.
(30 hours, 41 minutes)
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2003
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Judicial Nominations
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From 9:30 a.m. on Nov 12 to 3:06 p.m. on Nov 14.
(53 hours, 36 minutes) [2]
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2006
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Tax and Trade package, and continuing resolution
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From 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec 8 to 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, Dec 9.
(19 hours, 10 minutes)
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2007
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Iraq War Policy
|
From 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jul 17, until 5:09 p.m. on Wednesday, Jul 18.
(31 hours, 9 minutes)
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2012
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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013
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From 12 p.m. on Friday, September 21, until 4:03 a.m. on Saturday, September 22.
(14 hours, 3 minutes)
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2013
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Budget Resolution
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From 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, until 5:22 a.m. on Saturday, March 23.
(20 hours, 22 minutes)
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2013
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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
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From 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 24, until 8:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Spetember 25.
(34 hours, 11 minutes)
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Senator Ted Cruz spoke for 21 hours and 19 minutes against the Affordable Care Act.
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2013
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Post-cloture debate on executive and judicial nominations
|
From 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, until 2:11 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2013.
(48 hours, 11 minutes)
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2014
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Climate change
|
From 4:00 p.m., Monday, March 10, until 8:54 a.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.
(16 hours, 54 minutes)
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2015
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Budget resolution
|
From 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, until 4:23 a.m. on Friday, March 27.
(18 hours, 53 minutes)
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2016
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Continuing appropriations resolution, 2017
|
From 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 9, until 6:39 a.m. on Saturday, December 10.
(20 hours, 39 minutes)
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2017
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Cabinet nominations
|
From 12:00 p.m. on Monday February 6, until 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8.
(57 hours, 5 minutes)
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Democrats used post-cloture debate time on a number of nominations to speak against those nominations.
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2017
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Cabinet nominations
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From 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, until 1:54 p.m. on Friday, February 17.
(27 hours, 54 minutes)
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2017
|
Neil Gorsuch nomination
|
From 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, until 11:28 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5.
(37 hours, 28 minutes)
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Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon spoke for 15 hours, 26 minutes against the Gorsuch nomination.
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