The candy desk was a Senate tradition that began in the 1960s and has since been passed down to others, with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) being the latest.

Given the member traffic that regularly passed by his new location, he invited other senators to help themselves and soon his desk became known to all as the “candy desk.” After Murphy left ...

He ate fallen bits off his desk by pressing them into his finger and then licking his finger.” Senators are free to help themselves to the snack-size candy bars in Mr. Toomey’s desk.

And that little leeway in the rules helped lead to the tradition of the Senate candy desk, which began in the 1960s when actor-turned-senator George Murphy, R-Calif., served on Capitol Hill.

“The candy desk duty is ‘Mounds’ of responsibility ... “Maybe it’ll even help with a little bit of compromise.” ...

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