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I'm Jenna, and this is Smarter News.

Well, we have a ton of news happening right now on Capitol Hill this week, and I just want to fill you in on a few of the different highlights so far.

We're going to start off in the Senate on a developing story there.

Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, is now in the history books for delivering one, if not the, longest Senate floor speeches ever.

He says he wanted to speak out against the Trump administration,

and one way to do that is just to keep talking.

Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble.

I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate

for as long as I am physically able.

Using talk time to slow down business in the Senate or halt the movement of legislation

as a sign of protest has happened really for decades.

Senator Booker's action is a little bit different because he's not trying to delay certain

legislation.

He's just sort of delivering a general speech rather

than trying to stop a controversial law from being considered. So big picture, some political

watchers say Senator Booker strategically here wants to establish himself as a leader for the Democratic

Party in the Senate and beyond. And this is one way to do that, to speak passionately on a topic and gain

some attention, which is what we're giving him right now, but it's notable. Now, as long as he has

the floor, he can keep talking, but he has to keep talking to keep the floor. And we're going to

see, because he's still talking at the time of this recording, how long he will go for. If he makes it past 24 hours,

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