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John Fetterman says he’ll suit up as Senate unanimously adopts formal dress code
https://www.inquirer.com ^ | Sep. 27, 2023, 9:12 p.m. ET | by Julia Terruso

Posted on 09/28/2023 6:06:22 AM PDT by Red Badger

The shorts were short-lived.

The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that requires members to follow a dress code that will include a coat, tie, and slacks for men, ending controversy triggered over Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman displaying his casual style on the 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 in a statement. “I deeply appreciate Senator Fetterman working with me to come to an agreement that we all find acceptable, and of course I appreciate Sen. Manchin and Sen. Romney’s leadership on this issue.”

The issue of a Senate dress code first came up after Schumer directed the Senate’s sergeant at arms to stop enforcing the unofficial dress code earlier this month. The rule-change primarily impacted Fetterman, who had previously been casting votes from the cloakroom in shorts and a hoodie but not stepping onto the Senate floor in his signature casual look.

In the days following Schumer’s directive, Fetterman presided over the Senate in shorts and a black short sleeve button up shirt, prompting continued outcry, largely from Republicans, who called it an insult to the decorum and tradition of the body.

The ditched dress code had been the most talked about issue in Congress, even as a government shutdown lingers, something Fetterman had mocked as he observed the hullabaloo unfolding around him.

He even tried to use the promise of formalwear as political bait.

“If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week,” he said last week.

Ultimately, Fetterman voted for the dress code legislation along with all of his colleagues, and he told CNN he will wear a suit and tie on the floor. Casual dress will still be permitted in the cloakroom at the edge of the chamber, where Fetterman and other members can stand to cast votes.

The bipartisan bill was cosponsored by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney.


TOPICS: History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bobmenendez; chuckschumer; demagogicparty; fetterman; hairdo; joemanchin; johnfetterman; manchin; menendez; mittromney; mittwit; newjersey; newyork; pennsylvania; utah; westvirginia
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To: Red Badger

“Casual dress will still be permitted in the cloakroom at the edge of the chamber, where Fetterman and other members can stand to cast votes.”

So nothing really changes for Fetterman. He can hang out in the cloakroom & cast votes in the doorway. Whatever.


41 posted on 09/28/2023 7:21:09 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Red Badger

Fetterman 2.0 is coherent. This is a non-story.


42 posted on 09/28/2023 7:22:24 AM PDT by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Is he going to suit up that little hitchiker on the back of his head too?

I think they took that off when they trimmed his ears.

43 posted on 09/28/2023 7:22:44 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: knarf

👍👍👍👍👍


44 posted on 09/28/2023 7:23:29 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: TheElectionWasStolen

People who have had stroke issues tend to come and go in coherence..............


45 posted on 09/28/2023 7:24:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Needed even more — dress codes for schools, where girls show-up in pajamas and sports bras and guys wear their pants half pulled down.


46 posted on 09/28/2023 7:37:43 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Consider it a divorce


47 posted on 09/28/2023 7:39:08 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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48 posted on 09/28/2023 7:41:39 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: AppyPappy
My son’s take is that Fetterman can’t dress himself

That's been my guess as well.

49 posted on 09/28/2023 7:44:19 AM PDT by GenXFreedomFighter (End of quote. Repeat the line. )
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To: Manic_Episode

ROTFLMAO!!!


50 posted on 09/28/2023 7:44:31 AM PDT by DaBroasta ("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
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To: Red Badger
The way it SHOULD be reported is "Senate tells Schumer to shove his accommodation for Fetterman's casual beach attire on the Senate floor up his a$$", as he should be totally humiliated.

Of course, the Deep State controls the narrative, so pointing out his idiocy will never happen.

51 posted on 09/28/2023 8:03:13 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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52 posted on 09/28/2023 8:16:28 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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They even have footies, so he doesn't need shoes!............

53 posted on 09/28/2023 8:21:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Poor John looks like Frankenstein in a suit.


54 posted on 09/28/2023 8:42:28 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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To: Red Badger

When FetterGoon has a mental setback, he will return to his shorts and hoodie. Lots easier than putting on a suit and shirt that is pressed. And his feminazi imported Brazilian wife will not dress him like a butler would.

She is tired looking after Goon, who is the equivalent of her 4th child to raise. Forever in Goon’s case.


55 posted on 09/28/2023 8:50:33 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: Red Badger

But do they have them in 4XXXXL GOON-size?


56 posted on 09/28/2023 11:31:28 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Reminds me of the old Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan Tarzan movie “Tarzan’s New York Adventure”.............


57 posted on 09/28/2023 11:33:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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