Answer:The Board of supervisors has the executive power (governing the country, creating policies and overseeing departments - the last one is true at least in Los Angeles) but it also has legislative powers and even some judicial powers..
The person who has the record for the longest filibuster, 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957, would be "<span>C. Strom Thurmond," since he refused to even take a bathroom break. </span>