#senate

#Republican U.S. Senator #ChuckGrassley introduced a bill on Thurs that would require congressional approval for new #tariffs, the day after #Trump unveiled sweeping new #taxes on a vast array of imported goods.

Only problem, Trump doesn’t care if something needs the approval of #Congress.

#Senate #economy #recession #Trumpcession #inflation #law #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-republican-pushes-congressional-approval-presidents-tariffs-2025-04-03/

The #Senate approved a measure to block some of the #tariffs #Trump has imposed on #Canada, w/a handful of #Republicans joining #Democrats to…halt levies set to take effect this week.

The measure is all but certain to stall in the #House, where #GOP leaders moved preemptively to shut down any attempt to end Trump’s tariffs. But Senate passage on a vote of 51 to 48—hours after Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on >100 trading partners…, sent a signal of #bipartisan opposition to Trump’s #TradeWar.

#Senate Votes to Rescind Some #Trump #Tariffs, With #GOP Support

A measure to cancel some tariffs on #Canada is all but certain to stall in the #House. But with a handful of #Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.

#USpol #economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession #allies #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/senate-democrats-canada-tariffs-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DFF6D016-B52C-437A-ACB8-D08544D2E59E

[08:23] US senator smashes record with 25-hour anti-Trump speech

A Democratic US Senator shattered a record for the longest speech in Senate history, staying on his feet for more than 25 hours to deliver a fiery protest against President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" actions.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0402/1505364-senator-speech-record/

#Democratic #US #Senate #morethan25hours #DonaldTrump

Amazingly Sen #CoryBooker is still awake & will be interviewed on The #RachelMaddow Show which starts at 9PM ET.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our #history! I don't a #whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched #truth about #America, because that speaks to our greatness" - Sen Cory Booker

#TRMS
#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #law #USpol #Senate #Constitution #CivilRights #MoralMoment #GoodTrouble

After 25 hours & 5 minutes, Senator #CoryBooker has yielded the floor. Here are the last ~3½ mins.

#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #USpol #Senate #Constitution #CivilRights #MoralMoment #GoodTrouble #RedeemTheDream

1/2: #CoryBooker #filibuster now the longest in history, beating *that guy* who opposed the #civilrights Act in 1957. Booker talking more than 24h on the #Senate floor, not just filling space but doing so eloquently. I thought it was interesting he had just mentioned Congressman John Lewis forgiving the unforgivable (a white man who'd viciously assaulted him) when #ChuckShumer took the floor to try and steal some of Booker's shine by being the one announcing the record. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE

Cory Booker breaking the record for longest filibuster, surpassing Strom Thurmond's (shameful) record, is a powerful symbol today. Thank you, Senator Booker!

#CoryBooker #senate

And he has done it. Senator #CoryBooker has broken Strom Thurmond’s 1957 anti-civil rights filibuster.

“I am not doing this because of him, I am doing this in spite of him.”

“I’m not quite ready to wrap this up yet.”

#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #USpol #Senate #Constitution #rights

30 minutes away from breaking the record. Senator #CoryBooker is still speaking about the importance of the US #Constitution & standing up for the #rights of all #people, especially those who are being targeted by a savage few with the #money & #power to do so.

#resist #Trump #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup

#democracy #USpol #Senate

Booker needs 0h 37m 49s to set the longest #Senate speech record. https://filibusters.org █████████▒ 97.4% #filibuster #CoryBooker

- YouTube

ps:

#CoryBooker has about an hour left, and if he passes the threshold he will beat the record for a #filibuster in the #Senate

and who set the current record?

#StromTurmond the #racist ghoul trying to stop the #CivilRightsAct of 1957

there's a certain poetic justice to it all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond_filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957

watch Cory making history now, he's pausing, reaching to recall words, but he's still lucid and on point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE

much respect Cory

#BookerFilibuster

Senator #CoryBooker has now entered his 22nd hour speaking on the #Senate floor, criticizing the #Trump admin.

If he makes it to 7:19PM ET, he will have surpassed the all time record in US history.

Senator Strom Thurmond’s 1957 civil rights debate on the Senate floor holds the record at 24 hours & 18 minutes long.

#resist #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK2VbdLS4

Doing my #workout (lat pulls, bench press, rows, leg extensions) while watching #CoryBooker's marathon #senate effort. Good inspiration, man has stamina.

call your Democratic Senators and tell them you expect them to do the same thing Senator Cory Booker is doing #resist #CoryBooker #democrats #Senate

#USPol #Senate #Booker #Filibuster

Called my VA Senators to ask when they would be relieving Booker and with straight serious reply I was told from both of them "They did join Sen Booker and spoke for a few minutes"

MINUTES

I was....LOUD in my response comparing 19 HOURS to their MINUTES

Call your Sens.

U.S. Senator #CoryBooker addresses the #Senate floor. Booker, a #Democrat from New Jersey, has promised to speak "as long" as he's physically able on the Senate floor Monday night into Tuesday morning, criticizing the #Trump admin.

Hell yeah.

#resist #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK2VbdLS4

In case you haven't watched any of Cory Booker's marathon speech yet, you really should take a few minutes to check it out. This is leadership. #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #US #USpol #Senate #CoryBooker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE

Happening now:

#NJ #Democrat #CoryBooker is delivering a #filibuster in the #Senate

For nonAmericans, it simply means you block all business as long as you can speak

He started at 7 PM Monday, and spoke through the night, and is still going as of 1 PM

We need *a lot* more than that, but it's a start

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE

edit: it's not even a filler filibuster, where you read the dictionary or something empty, he's still on point the whole speech

Sen. Cory Booker still speaking on the senate floor!

As I type this Booker is talking about the closing of social security offices. Reminder, cuts to SSA also hurt folks who rely on disability payments not just folks over 65.

Story from NPR:

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

Livestream on CSPAN:

https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/432077

#USPol #CoryBooker #Senate #Democracy #Resist #SocialSecurity #Disability