U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders begins the seventh hour of his filibuster of Obama's "deal"

Updated at 4 p.m. ET

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is now in his sixth hour on the Senate floor criticizing President Obama's tax cut deal with Republicans.

Source: USA Today

Senator Sanders message on Twitter: Sen. Bernie Sanders has been standing up on the Senate floor for 6 hours now. Welcome to the 7th hour of #filibernie

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