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After 1917, the most famous filibusters were undertaken by Southern Democrats to block civil rights legislation. The record for the longest filibuster in the United States Senate is held by Senator [[Strom Thurmond]], who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours, 18 minutes.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm</ref>

After 1917, the most famous filibusters were undertaken by Southern Democrats to block civil rights legislation. The record for the longest filibuster in the United States Senate is held by Senator [[Strom Thurmond]], who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours, 18 minutes.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm</ref>

The longest filibuster in any legislative body, 43 hours, was in the [[Texas]] State Senate (the upper chamber of the Texas Legislature), where [[Bill Meier]] of Tarrant County in 1977 filibustered unsuccessfully against a worker's compensation bill that he considered "anti-business."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/14/43-hours-texas-senator-set-filibuster-record-77/|title=At 43 Hours, Texas Senator Set Filibuster Record in '77|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|date=March 14, 2013|author=Justin Dehn, Aman Batheja, and Alana Rocha|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref>

The longest filibuster in any legislative body, 43 hours, was in the [[Texas]] State Senate (the upper chamber of the Texas Legislature), where [[Bill Meier]] of Tarrant County in 1977 filibustered against a worker's compensation bill that he considered "anti-business." Though his filibuster on that bill was unsuccessful (it ultimately passed 23-7) it drew attention to the underlying issues, ultimately resulting in a major overhaul of the state's worker's compensation system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/14/43-hours-texas-senator-set-filibuster-record-77/|title=At 43 Hours, Texas Senator Set Filibuster Record in '77|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|date=March 14, 2013|author=Justin Dehn, Aman Batheja, and Alana Rocha|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Senate rules==

==Senate rules==