SENATORS WILL BE ABLE TO DRESS MORE CASUALLY NOW THAT ITS INFORMAL DRESS CODE IS BEING CHANGED.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER HAS NOTIFIED THE SENATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE CHANGE — EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT TODAY — THAT WOULD ALLOW SENATORS TO WEAR WHATEVER THEY WANT WHILE ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
THIS WOULD ALLOW PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN TO SPORT HIS HOODIE AND GYM SHORTS – HE OFTEN WEARS.
FETTERMAN HAS BEEN SEEN IN HIS CASUAL LOOK SINCE RETURNING TO THE SENATE FOLLOWING HIS TREATMENT OF CLINICAL DEPRESSION EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE SENATE HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER AN UNOFFICIAL DRESS CODE POLICY REQUIRING MEN AND WOMEN TO DRESS IN BUSINESS ATTIRE.
THOUGH SENATORS WILL BE ABLE TO SWITCH UP THEIR WARDROBE WITH THIS CHANGE — THEIR STAFF AND ANYONE ELSE ON THE SENATE FLOOR ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE PREVIOUS DRESS CODE GUIDELINES.