WASHINGTON, D.C.: Critics warn decorum is falling apart at the seams in the United States Senate after the Democratic leadership changed the rules to end the old requirement on wearing a jacket and tie in the tradition-bound chamber.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms that the chamber's unwritten dress code no longer needed to be enforced.Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania arrives in casual clothes for the 'AI Insight Forum' at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2023.
The relaxed attire rule applies to all of the chamber's lawmakers, but the switch was seen as a special deal for Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, whose love of shorts and hoodies has turned dress-down Friday into dress-down every day.Fetterman's dress style, or perhaps the lack of it, became his signature on the campaign trail before entering the Senate this year. He also gained sympathy from many after he had to undergo treatment for clinical depression soon after taking office.
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