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Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes
Headline from Anchorage Daily News
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been unapologetically wearing shorts as he goes about his duties, voting from the doorways so he doesn’t get in trouble for his more casual attire.
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The change would let Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who is often seen wearing a hoodie and baseball shorts, wear his casual attire on the Senate floor whenever he wants.
I suppose we should have seen this coming, right? John Fetterman continues to attract all of the wrong sort of attention and now he’s found himself at the center of a brief debate inside of the...
The U.S. Senate has ended its informal dress code rules, allowing senators to wear whatever they wish while in the upper chamber. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer quietly directed the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms to stop enforcing the chamber’s informal dress code for lawmakers, according to Axios.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was blasted on social media after the Senate dropped its dress code, which is being referred to as the "Fetterman Rule."
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been unapologetically wearing shorts as he goes about his duties, voting from the doorways so he doesn’t get in trouble for his more casual attire.
When he was Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor in October, John Fetterman told a radio station he would stick to whatever dress code was in place if he was elected senator.
U.S. Senators share whether Sen. John Fetterman's trademark hooded sweatshirts and gym shorts are appropriate as the Senate drops its dress code enforcement.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) deflected criticism about how he dresses on Capitol Hill after the Senate suspended its traditional dress code requiring members to wear a jacket and tie.
