WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker began speaking on the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump's policies.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats' resistance to President Donald Trump's sweeping actions.

First off, it's not a filibuster. But Booker speech has lasted over 20 hours, and is the most dramatic challenge to Trump’s agenda in months

The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He began speaking Monday night and was still going on Tuesday morning.

Sen. Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor into Tuesday afternoon, as the New Jersey Democrat continues his marathon speech protesting actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into a new day

The show of force comes after Democrats in Congress have faced widespread criticism from their base that they are not doing enough to push back against Trump’s agenda.

The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.