Republican Senator Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) started his old-fashioned filibuster at 11:47 am ET.
He just hit the two-hour mark, which means he’s only 22 hours and 18 minutes away from breaking the all-time filibuster record set by a Democrat in 1957 protesting civil rights legislation. The Democrat was Strom Thurmond, who later became a Republican.
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