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One reporter even claimed — incorrectly — that senators are only allowed to consume water or milk on the Senate floor. In fact, experts say no arcane Senate rule blocks lawmakers from cracking a Celsius or guzzling Gatorade in the upper chamber.
Still, they say the milk myth — common among even some lawmakers — offers a teachable moment about how the Senate conducts itself.
“I don’t think there’s any reasonable reading of Senate precedent” that says lawmakers “can’t have other drinks,” said Matt Glassman, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute. “But literally half the senators themselves seem to believe that.” More
Good to know they only drink water and milk while they are robbing us blind.
Well, they sure get plenty of “gravy”….so fuck ’em
Nonsense. The only beverage allowed on the Senate floor is Kool-Aid.
The milk helps provide cover for those that like white russians.
This would explain my Nancy Pelosi stayed in the House of Representatives, and never ran for the senate.
^^^”why” not “my”. Sheesh.
Pretty sure Lindsey Graham swallows.
“my Nancy Pelosi”
You love her, Tony! 🤣
Hemlock would be OK with me, at least for most of those odious crooks.
No coffee? I don’t believe it. Caffeine freaks will not be denied.
Our founding fathers were likely inebriated, to some degree, at any given time. The T totalers were the odd ones.
Lots of flasks in lapel pockets.
They spend like drunken sailors.
Pelosi House ramps up perks like Peloton, liquor store while Americans scramble for baby formula
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/pelosis-house-ramps-perks-peloton-liquor-store-while-americans-scramble-baby
Whole lotta drinkin’ goes on in the cloakroom.
Uncle Al – Are ya sure itz limited to just drinkin?
Smells like bullshit to me.
No fricken way Ted Kennedy or Pat Moynihan could have sat for more than 5 minutes without an alcohol-filled drink.
They’da both been fidgeting and drooling with their eyes rolling back in their heads.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …