When I was a kid, I loved visiting my mom at work because she had a candy drawer full of full-sized candy bars. Apparently, the U.S. Senate has a rough equivalent, a “candy desk” hiding in the back row of the Republican side.
That Senate candy drawer came in handy for Rand Paul as a source of sugar and calories during his filibuster. Everyone should have a candy drawer!
Candy always helps me stay up for 24 hours when I’m doing my yearly blogathon for charity. So yeah, it would definitely help with long filibusters too! I didn’t get to watch the filibuster process, so I wasn’t aware of this.