Posted on 09/28/2023 6:06:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
The shorts were short-lived.
The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that requires members to follow a dress code that will include a coat, tie, and slacks for men, ending controversy triggered over Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman displaying his casual style on the floor.
“Though we’ve never had an official dress code, the events over the past week have made us all feel as though formalizing one is the right path forward,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement. “I deeply appreciate Senator Fetterman working with me to come to an agreement that we all find acceptable, and of course I appreciate Sen. Manchin and Sen. Romney’s leadership on this issue.”
The issue of a Senate dress code first came up after Schumer directed the Senate’s sergeant at arms to stop enforcing the unofficial dress code earlier this month. The rule-change primarily impacted Fetterman, who had previously been casting votes from the cloakroom in shorts and a hoodie but not stepping onto the Senate floor in his signature casual look.
In the days following Schumer’s directive, Fetterman presided over the Senate in shorts and a black short sleeve button up shirt, prompting continued outcry, largely from Republicans, who called it an insult to the decorum and tradition of the body.
The ditched dress code had been the most talked about issue in Congress, even as a government shutdown lingers, something Fetterman had mocked as he observed the hullabaloo unfolding around him.
He even tried to use the promise of formalwear as political bait.
“If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week,” he said last week.
Ultimately, Fetterman voted for the dress code legislation along with all of his colleagues, and he told CNN he will wear a suit and tie on the floor. Casual dress will still be permitted in the cloakroom at the edge of the chamber, where Fetterman and other members can stand to cast votes.
The bipartisan bill was cosponsored by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney.
Hell fire?🔥
Good point.
Suit up or go back and hang with the drug dealers and prostitutes in the parking lot
Sure, some intern will be happy to zip and buckle him up and tie his shoes.
Is he going to suit up that little hitchiker on the back of his head too?
He should not have had to have been told.
These are the types of uncouth, uncivilized, entitled slobs that caused HOAs to have a ready excuse for coming into existence.
Don’t even get me started on that Fetterman thug. He’d have us all in chains..
Yes. But he says “bread good!”
I’m guessing, but I assume he’s prone to violent outbursts since his strokes.....................
Clip-on tie.
I will bet he gets a very handsome clothing allowance.
Uncle fester will soon be a caricature of a human being ala Mad Maxine Waters and will look MORE goonish in a suit.
The gorilla will wear it mockingly and once again infuriate conservative Pennsylvanians.
“in my opinion the extreme casualness of dress outside the home (people wearing slippers and pjs) leads society to not be serious about many things.”
Society has changed so much. Look at baseball videos from the 50 and 60’s. Men wore shirt and ties to baseball games!
If there’s anywhere to be relaxed, it’s at a baseball game.
did they keep the no speedos and thongs rule?
no banana hammocks on the senate floor
Won’t matter. Frankenpeanuts will slap on whatever oversized, wrinkled suit he finds in the ARC bin.
The entirety of Washington DC is one giant HOA..............
Yes, that whole “Senators don’t have to dress up, but staff and visitors do” was so arrogant.
And now, a childish, self-centered Senator has caused the Senate to have to adopt a formal dress code. All because one member had to act like a spoiled, petulant kid.
😂😂🤣🤣
Of all the very serious problems in the country today and this is something that our betters focus on. What a joke our government has become.
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