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Posted on 09/17/2023 11:55:03 AM PDT by lowbridge
The United States Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for members of the upper house elected by those they serve.
"However, others entering the chamber must comply with the dress code. Coats/ties for men. Business attire for women," Chad Pergram, the Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News tweeted.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-New York, quietly sent the directive to the Senate's Sergeant at Arms, news website Axios reported.
The change allows Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Penn., to continue wearing his trademark "hoodies and gym shorts" while working for Americans.
Fetterman was previously praised for "turning heads" and "redefining fashion in the stuffy Senate" during his recovery following a six-week stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was treated for "clinical depression" and "fitted for hearing aids for hearing loss that had made it harder for him to communicate."
The senator even found a "workaround" to the legislative body's dress code rules.
"He votes from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or the side entrance, making sure his ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ is recorded before ducking back out."
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I only had to wear a tie occasionally, not often. Hated every second a tie was wrapped around my neck. Mostly wore a casual sportscoat, no tie. How long have they had men wearing ties? 200 years? They’ve pretty much beat that antique fashion to death. For me a tie around the neck is NEVER appropriate. I just don’t need that gift package look.
‘The United States Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for members of the upper house...’
what about the lower chamber...? maybe we can get to see Boebert in her theater attire...
“diaphanous”
I’ll bet you’ve been waiting years to use that word in a sentence. Well done. What a revolting image.
Who takes FedGov seriously these days?
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Just when you think Senate rot can’t get any worse it will.
Pathetic wimps…..At least have the cajones to be honest about it. The dress code applies to everyone except Fetterman because he's a Democrat and refuses to follow the rules.
All that nastiness because I don't like wearing ties around my neck? Do you sell ties for a living?
They obviously have you convinced you don't have any class unless you're wearing that piece of cloth around your neck. You seem really institutionalized. Very odd.
Continuous lowering of standards is part of the decadence.
DEMOCRATS ARE VILE, EVIL and have NO CLASS! SHUN THEM!
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NOR SHOULD THEY!! WE would have NEVER ELECTED such a MORON!
Well, since half the country already dresses like homeless gang-bangers, why not Senators?
Look at old pictures of baseball games, when ALL the men were in sports coats!!
Dressing APPROPRIATELY for WHERE you are going is a sign of RESPECT!
All it takes is one to screw everything up.
Over the decades I was doing engineering I had to wear neckties in most circumstances, certainly when giving presentations or meeting with clients. At first I wore "stealth hippie" styles, patterns that looked normal/straight unless you looked closely enough to see that the small dots were actually dancing skeletons or smiling whales or peace signs. Then I went for "stealth nerd" and the small dots were ASCII codes or bits of software and so forth. Finally I gave up the "stealth" and went for colorful hand-painted silk, Jerry Garcia collection, psychedelic, etc.
My bosses were generally tolerant, bless them.
But finally I worked where I didn't need a tie, and all those pretty bits of cloth sat in a closet until one day I discovered the moths had gotten them and they were all destroyed beyond repair.
Haven't worn a tie since.
Dianne Feinstein in a bikini?! There is not enough eyewash in the world to cleanse that image.
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