Schumer Jettisons Senate Dress Code To Accommodate New, Less Formal, Members
The ruling will go into effect this week and will apply only to senators and not to staff or visitors to the Senate.
Senator Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader, has reportedly changed the chamber’s dress code to remove requirements that men on the floor wear coats and ties and women wear only business attire.
According to reporting by Axios confirmed by other press outlets Sunday, the move will allow newcomers to Congress’s upper chamber such as Senator Fetterman to linger on the floor before and after votes in his trademark hoodies and gym shorts.
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