The Candy Desk: The Cheap, Mooching Millionaires of the U.S. Senate Seek Free Sweets

Defeated Senator, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, had a desk on the Senate floor that was always full of candy and was being raided by members of the Senate.

I thought this article of news was so funny! The Senate just doesn't know what they're going to do now that they can't get hordes of free candy anymore! "But, now, since Santorum's gone, Senators are controlled by ethics rules barring U.S. Senators from getting more than $100 in free gifts from others. Since Santorum was from Pennsylvania, he fell under an exception to the rule, which allows Senators to exceed the dollar limit for products produced in their home states." (Mmmmm, Hershey candy bars - from PA. of course!) "Two-thirds of the U.S. Senate are millionaires. They all make about $160,000 per year and get allowances for cars, gas, travel, a free office, and office staff." Oh come on now, but what about the FREE candy?! How can they be expected to give THAT up?! Seems like a terribly CRUEL inconvenience and deprivation for our poor Senators! LOL