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All-Night Senate Sessions Since 1915

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All-night Senate sessions since 1915:

1915: Ship Purchase Act: Feb. 8-10 (54 hours, 10 minutes).

1927: Resolution to continue investigation of election cases: March 2-4 (37 hours, 2 minutes).

1935: National Recovery Act Extension: June 12-13 (18 hours, 20 minutes).

1947: Veto of labor bill: June 20-21 (30 hours, 52 minutes).

1948: Closing session: June 18-20 (44 hours, 14 minutes).

1950: Closing session: Sept. 22-23 (29 hours, 53 minutes).

-- Sen. William Langer, R-N.D., collapsed during a filibuster on the veto of the Communist registration bill.

1952: Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1953: July 5-6 (17 hours, 9 minutes).

1953: Tidelands oil bill: April 24-25 (23 hours, 50 minutes).

1957: Civil rights debate: Aug. 28-30 (38 hours, 59 minutes).

-- Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., spoke from 8:54 p.m. Aug. 28 until 9:12 p.m. the next day, breaking the record for longest Senate speech.

1960: Civil rights: Feb. 29 to March 5 (125 hours, 16 minutes).

-- The longest unbroken session during that period took 82 hours, 2 minutes.

1960: Sugar Act: July 2-3 (22 hours, 33 minutes).

1961: Nomination of Lawrence J. O'Conner Jr. of Texas to be a member of the Federal Power Commission: Aug. 8-9 (31 hours, 59 minutes).

1964: Civil rights debate: June 9-10 (23 hours, 51 minutes).

-- Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., began at 7:38 p.m. and spoke for 14 hours and 13 minutes.

1977: Natural Gas Policy Act: Sept. 27-28 (22 hours, 12 minutes).

1978: Closing session: Oct. 14-15 (34 hours, 16 minutes).

1980: Selective Service: June 20-21 (32 hours, 43 minutes).

1981: Debt limit: Sept. 28-29 (23 hours, 26 minutes).

1981: Continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1982: Nov. 19-20 (20 hours, 50 minutes).

1982: Continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1983: Dec. 16-17 (37 hours, 51 minutes).

1984: Continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1985: Oct. 3-4 (22 hours, 32 minutes).

1986: Public debt limit increase: Aug. 15-16 (18 hours, 33 minutes).

1986: Veto of South African sanction and continuing resolution: Oct. 2-3 (20 hours, 57 minutes).

1988: Senate Election Campaign Act: Feb. 23-25 (57 hours, 24 minutes).

1992: Tax bill: Oct. 5-6 (33 hours, 35 minutes).

-- Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., spoke for 15 hours and 14 minutes in support of an amendment to the bill.

1994: Campaign Spending Limits, Sept. 22-23 (30 hours, 41 minutes)