

you have minimal critical reading ability if you can’t infer that he’s only “not blocking legislation” in a de jure sense, he did not start speaking during a bill, so for the purposes of Senate law he is not blocking legislation. however, he is literally, de facto blocking legislation and doing so in a that the senate has no power to stop
if he delays action by the federal government by two days, that’s two days longer before the end of democracy. but more importantly, since he’s giving a speech between legislation, if he wraps up at 2 am another Democratic senator can do the same thing immediately