U.S. Senate unanimously passes formal dress code after uproar
U.S. Senate unanimously passes formal dress code after uproar
The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to make business attire a requirement on the Senate floor.
The moves comes after backlash to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) directive to scuttle the chamber's informal dress code, which was widely viewed to be inspired by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.).
The bipartisan resolution requires 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."
The bill does not spell out what the attire includes for women.
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Kinda weird they had to pass a resolution to overrule Schumer's non-resolution decision, but they did it by unanimous consent so if Schumer (or Fetterman) disagreed they could have stopped it. If Schumer and Fetterman are on board for this, they could have just reversed the earlier decision.
Yeah, it seems odd to me that Fetterman would have voted for it. Unanimous consent means that they said "any objections" and there weren't any. Thus there is no record of who voted for it. Maybe they planned the vote to be when some members were absent?