Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor against the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch for more than 14 hours starting Tuesday night, and was continuing as of 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.
The marathon speech, which began Tuesday at 6:46 p.m., isn’t technically a filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture earlier Tuesday and a procedural vote on Gorsuch will place on Thursday, and Democrats are powerless to stop that vote.
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