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Nancy Pelosi sets record for longest House floor speech over Dreamers
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| Last Edited | RP Feb 07, 2018 05:00pm |
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| Author | Rebecca Shabad |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has set the record for the longest-continuous House floor speech on record, holding a fake filibuster of sorts since 10 a.m. Thursday morning. Pelosi has been telling the stories of people who came to the U.S. illegally as children, known as Dreamers, for more than six hours.
Leaders, when they are recognized on the House floor, are able to speak for as long as they please. The previous record for the longest continuous speech was held by then-Rep. Champ Clark, a Missouri congressman who spoke for five hours and 15 minutes in 1909, according to the House historian's office. |
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