Capitol Tea: John Thune’s sweet tooth

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Move over, Chuck Grassley (R-IA). John Thune (R-SD) might just take the cake for the senator with the biggest sweet tooth.

Thune, who became Senate majority leader last year, is notorious for his love of dessert, according to interviews with several of his Republican colleagues, and especially ice cream, helping himself to the treat at their daily conference lunches and insisting on it for dinner, too.

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