Longest Senate filibusters

POSTED: 12:38 PM PDT Mar 11, 2013 UPDATED: 09:41 AM PST Mar 07, 2013

Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster doesn't come close to the longest talkathon in Senate history.

Filibusters - Alfonse D'Amato1 — 13 / 15

A Republican senator from New York, D'Amato took to the floor in 1986 to protest an amendment to a defense bill that would have blocked funding for a jet fighter built in his state.

Rand Paul filibusters on floor of Senate

Filibusters - Robert Byrd

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Filibusters - Huey P Long

Filibusters - Huey P Long1

Filibusters - William Proxmire

Filibusters - William Proxmire1

Filibusters - Robert LaFollette

Filibusters - Robert LaFollette1

Filibusters - Wayne Morse

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Filibusters - Alfonse D'Amato

Filibusters - Alfonse D'Amato1

Filibusters - Strom Thurmond

Filibusters - Strom Thurmond1

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