Cory Booker at the moment filibustering at the senate as a protest against the whole trump administration . He is speaking for as long as he is physically able too, as stated by him in the CSPAN clip, https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-senate/sen-cory-booker-d-nj-starts-speaking-in-senate-for-as-long-as-i-am-physically-able/5158775

Here is an article that states why he is on the senate floor if you need clarification https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/booker-senate-floor-speech-trump-protest/index.html

  • Worthess@discuss.online
    1·
    7 hours ago

    “Citizens United” needs to be repealed, that’s where we start. And maybe we can approach the Glass-Steagall act, and the Patriot Act.

  • Botzo@lemmy.world
    385·
    3 days ago

    From the CNN article:

    The speech is not a filibuster because Booker is not blocking legislation or a nomination. The Democratic senator’s speech will keep the Senate floor open – and floor staff working as well US Capitol police members detailed to the chamber – for as long as he continues speaking, but lawmakers had concluded voting on Monday before he began his remarks.

    So purely performative. Not a filibuster.

    I mean if it’s a first step and others follow, then good. But why not filibuster a nomination you disapprove? (I have no clue if filibuster applies to a cloture vote. These fucking stooges and their silly made up rules of decorum…)

    • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      So what happens if the Senate wants to schedule a vote right now? He’s not preventing a specific bill, but they can’t really do anything until he gives up the floor. It’s not nothing.

      • Botzo@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, the Senate doesn’t seem to publish plans in advance, so it’s not really possible to do more than wonder.

        I’ve had the livestream running since I got up today and it’s good to hear the words from the senators “asking questions”.

        And there’s a whopping 11,437 people watching it on YouTube, so I’ll be one of almost no one that hears more than a few sound bytes.

    • Lutra@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 days ago

      17 Hours now. And story after story of American’s being hurt, Americans asking their lawmakers to help.

  • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    3 days ago

    I’m not trying to be a nay-sayer, but what does this actually achieve?

    He’s not disrupting a vote. He’s only talking. While I’m all for the Democrats doing something this doesn’t actually achieve much. Chick Schumer had a chance to actually disrupt this administration but he didn’t.

    So I am genuinely asking, if the Democrats are not preventing the Trump administration from pushing bills through e.g if this were a fillibuster, how does this help?

    • toasted chickpea @lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      Hopefully messing with the apathy in the US. The mainstream media is talking about it. And even though it isn’t a filibuster. Strom Thurmond filibustered bs rhetoric against civil rights in the 50’s for a little over 24 hours and people are talking about that so he is kind of making some history. Am basically hoping he is causing more momentum. The system needs fucking changing but we need to come together for that to happen.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      3 days ago

      It makes it look like democrats are willing to use the filibuster, while not actually blocking anything that might upset their donors.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        41·
        2 days ago

        Only if the Republicans in Congress weren’t too chickenshit to actually put their names on these actions. Trump is doing everything by executive order.