A progressive activist questioned whether the Senate’s dress code of business attire discriminates against transgender individuals.
on X that he took exception to the dress code resolution co-authored by Sens. Joseph Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, and Mitt Romney, Utah Republican. It was approved this week.
Mr. Schulman noted the phrase in the resolution that states “that business attire be worn on the floor of the Senate, which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants.”“So if you are trans, does the resolution require you to dress a certain way?” Mr. Schulman asked.
The approval of the resolution this week also codified the previously unwritten rule that senators and staff must dress in business attire in the Senate chamber. With a dress code in place, Mr. Fetterman refrained from walking on to the floor, and voted from the doorway of the lower chamber’s Democratic cloakroom.
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