In an attempt to prevent its passage, Long held a lone filibuster, speaking for 15 hours and 30 minutes, the second longest filibuster at the time.
Beside above, why was Huey Longs nickname Kingfish?
Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930. … He gave himself the nickname “Kingfish” because, he said, “I’m a small fish here in Washington. But I’m the Kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana.”