CMC Congress Course: The Candy Desk

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To post questions or comments about the readings before we discuss them in class;
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Friday, January 24, 2020

The Candy Desk

Alex Gangitano at The Hill:

The famous candy desk on the Senate floor is getting restocked on Friday after hungry senators diminished the supply during the early days of the impeachment trial.

Since the 114th Congress, the desk has belonged to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who stocks it with candy for colleagues. The tradition started in 1965 with then-Sen. George Murphy (R-Calif.).

Toomey’s communication director wrote in an email to reporters that Hersey’s, which is headquartered in Pennsylvania, sent “reinforcements that have just been delivered to Senator Toomey’s office (248 Russell) this morning.”