Senator John Fetterman was photographed wearing a suit and tie instead of his trademark hoodie and shorts on after the Senate dress code was reinstated.
The great sartorial scandal over his signature look came to a close after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution enacting the formal dress code.
And as promised, Fetterman beamed as he walked into preside in the Senate chamber on Thursday, giving his new outfit two thumbs up as he wandered in.
While the Pennsylvania Senator donned a full suit, white shirt and sky blue tie his footwear remained a subtle nod to his more casual ensembles in the form of black sneakers.
Fetterman beamed as he walked into preside in the Senate chamber on Thursday, giving his new outfit two thumbs up as he wandered in
This week a resolution, brought forth by fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, W. Va., passed without a formal vote by unanimous consent and clarified that the Senate floor would have a formal dress code.
Hours earlier, Fetterman had already announced he would wear a suit and tie while speaking or presiding over the Senate floor.
Fetterman, like others, could still wear his trademark garb and vote from the cloak room on the edge of the Senate 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 on the Senate floor.
Last week Schumer had eliminated the unofficial dress code, prompting outcry from conservatives and even some liberals.
Republicans accused Schumer of scrapping the code as a concession to Fetterman who until Thursday consistently turned up in casual garb.
Fetterman, like others, could still wear his trademark garb and vote from the cloak room on the edge of the Senate floor
The great sartorial scandal over John Fetterman ‘s signature hoodie-and-shorts has now come to a close after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution enacting a formal dress code
The resolution, brought forth by fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin , W. Va., passed without a formal vote by unanimous consent and clarified that the Senate floor would have a formal dress code
‘For 234 years, every senator who has had the honor of serving in this distinguished body has assumed there was some basic written rules of decorum, conduct and civility, one of which was a dress code,’ said Manchin.
But because the dress code didn’t really exist, Manchin and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, decided to write one.
Earlier this week Fetterman called on his colleagues to get as fired-up about New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery indictment as they were about his outfits.
‘This week, I hope to see my colleagues fully address the alleged systemic corruption of Senator Menendez with the same vigor and velocity they brought to concerns about our dress code,’ Fetterman said in a statement Tuesday.
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