sort of a blueprint of the senate chamber. you can see all the way at the front, there's a little v.p. that stands for vice president. because the vice president is also president of the senate. there are also rows of 100 desks in total, one for each senator. democrats on the left republicans on the right. but there is one desk here that's labeled desk 24. you see it there on the right side? sort of a hidden gem of the senate chamber. desk 24 is most commonly referred to as "the candy desk." it is a desk that is literally a stockpile of sweets and it's not like a random extra desk that the candy lobby controls. this is an actual senator's desk. the tradition started in the '60s with a republican senator named george murphy from california who apparently had a wicked sweet tooth. he would pack his desk with candy, share candy with his