Trivia: Since 1968, there has been a desk on the Senate floor filled with what?
Pencils
Candy
Lapel pins
Loose change
The correct answer is Candy
So why is this answer correct? : Sweets-loving Senator George Murphy was a Hollywood film star who rose to popularity in California’s Republican Party during the 1950s and was elected to Congress in 1965. The senator kept his desk filled with candy and would offer his stash to colleagues. The tradition has continued ever since, with other GOP senators filling the desk over the years.