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In 1964, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Democrats held the longest filibuster in our nation's history, 75 days. All trying to prevent the passing of one thing... the Civil Rights Act. (media.patriots.win)
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– LugNuts 8 points ago +8 / -0

57 days is what I could find on record, not 75.

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– Reclaimer69 4 points ago +4 / -0

Info on this, in general, is probably spotty. I copied this straight from Wikipedia.

One of the most notable filibusters of the 1960s occurred when Southern Democrats attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by filibustering for 75 hours, including a 14-hour and 13 minute address by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. The filibuster failed when the Senate invoked cloture for only the second time since 1927.[26]

They say hours not days, so who knows. We need a pede who was there, and remembers, to chime in.

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