Total, one for each senator. all spread across the senate floor. democrats on the left. republicans on the right. there s one desk that is labelled desk 24. you see it 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 on the senate floor that is literally a stockpile of sweets. it is not just a random extra desk the candy lobby controls. this is an actual senator s desk on the senate floor. the traditional of the senate desk started in the 60s when george murphy had a wicked sweet tooth and he would pack his desk full of candy and share candy with senators and past his time in the senate the tradition stuck. whoever is at 24 is the candy senator. the current candy senator is pat toomey of pennsylvania. his office told us it is stocked with candy native to his home
Right down to the fact that yes, there is also a candy desk in the boston replica. what they have just unveiled is essentially a living breathing, u.s. senate chamber but if you were dropped in there, you would be forgiven for thinking it was the real thing. trent lott was in there and said he walked in and got a chill. this was the headline at roll call. even senators are awe struck by ted kennedy s senate chamber. you are hard-pressed to know if that is the real thing or the fake thing. the purpose of this place is to act as basically a model senate. to have kids from all over the country go there and pretend to be senators to stand in a full-scale model and debate and argue the big issues of the day, and unlike the actual senate the thing that happens after the debate is there s a vote weird! who but ted kennedy and his family would create a full-scale
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
There is also a candy desk in the boston replica. what they have just unveiled is essentially a living, breathing, u.s. senate chamber, but if you were dropped in there, you would be forgiven for thinking it was the real thing. trent lott was in there and said he walked in and got a chill. this was the headline at roll call. even senators are awe struck by ted kennedy s senate chamber. you are hard-pressed to know if that is the real thing or the fake thing. the purpose of this place is to act as basically a model senate. to have kids from all over the country go there and pretend to be senators, to stand in a full-scale model and debate and argue the big issues of the day, and unlike the actual senate, the thing that happens after the debate is there s a vote the purpose of this place is to act as basically a model senate. to have kids from all over the country go there and pretend to be senators, to stand in a full-scale model and debate and argue the big issues of the day, and unl
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 fellow senators and the tradition stuck. whoever is at desk 24 is the