{"id":2040498,"date":"2023-09-21T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fettermans-informal-senate-attire-causes-frustration-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:17:45","slug":"fettermans-informal-senate-attire-causes-frustration-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fettermans-informal-senate-attire-causes-frustration-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman&#8217;s casual Senate attire frustrates both sides on Capitol Hill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffettermans-informal-senate-attire-causes-frustration-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle-on-capitol-hill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2040498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Lawmakers React to\u200d Senate Dress Code Change and Sen. Fetterman&#8217;s Casual Attire<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers in the United States Senate are buzzing\u2064 about the\u2064 recent change in dress code and the appearance of Sen. John Fetterman\u2064 (D-Pa.) in casual\u2063 attire \u2064while presiding \u2063over the governing body.<\/p>\n<p>On September 20, Fetterman, as the \u200bSenate leader, \u200cmade\u2063 headlines\u200b by wearing a button-up, short-sleeve shirt, and shorts, \u2063just two days after Senate Majority Leader\u200d Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that\u200b senators would no longer be required to wear formal clothes \u2062on \u200cthe Senate floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cThere has been an informal dress code that was enforced,\u201d Mr. Schumer said in \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/schumer-relaxes-senate-dress-code-inviting-rebuke-from-some-republicans-5494278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press statement<\/a> on September 18. \u201cSenators are able to choose \u2062what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-fetterman-presides-over-senate-in-shorts-after-dress-code-change-5495696?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sen. Fetterman \u2063Presides Over \u200cSenate in\u200d Shorts After\u2063 Dress Code Change<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-fetterman-presides-over-senate-in-shorts-after-dress-code-change-5495696?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/desantis-criticizes-senate-dress-code-change-sen-fettermans-attire-5493914?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Criticizes Senate Dress Code\u200c Change, Sen. \u200cFetterman\u2019s Attire<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/18\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/desantis-criticizes-senate-dress-code-change-sen-fettermans-attire-5493914?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some senators \u200bare\u2064 concerned that Schumer&#8217;s \u2064decision to alter the dress code undermines the decorum and\u2062 respect of \u200cthe Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), one \u2064of the leading members of the Senate Democrats, expressed frustration about Schumer&#8217;s decision in\u2064 an interview posted on X, formerly Twitter, \u2064on September 21.\u2063 He said, \u201cI want \u2064to give \u200dhim the \u200bbenefit of the doubt\u2026but I think the Senate needs to act on \u200dthis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe senator in question \u200dfrom Pennsylvania\u200b is a personal friend, but I think we need to\u2064 have standards when it\u200b comes to what we\u2019re wearing on the floor of the Senate, and we\u2019re in the \u200dprocess of\u200d discussing that right now \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UrsulaPerano\/status\/1704204674771882215?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on September 19\u2062 that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was also frustrated by \u200cFetterman&#8217;s actions \u2063and had a conversation with \u200bthe Pennsylvania Democrat regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-dem-senator-breaks-with-schumer-on-fetterman-rule-dress-code\/\" title=\"Dem Senator Defies Schumer on 'Fetterman Rule' Dress Code\">dress code\u200c change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I said, \u2018John, I think it\u2019s wrong &#038; there&#8217;s no\u200b way I\u2062 can comply with that\u2019\u2026 I wanted to tell him \u2062directly that I totally oppose it &#038; I will do everything I can to try to hold the\u2064 decorum \u2063of the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) voiced his disapproval on X, \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenJohnKennedy\/status\/1704541491094294644?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, &#8220;Allowing casual clothing on\u2062 the Senate floor disrespects the institution we serve and the American families we represent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Senate \u2062Minority \u200bLeader Mitch McConnell\u200c (R-Ky.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacksonrichman\/status\/1704206978602439038?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">implied<\/a> during \u2062a press conference on September 20 that he would likely\u2064 revert the Senate dress code back to its previous standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Sen. Susan \u200dCollins (R-Maine) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-released-from-hospital-but-will-limit-public-appearances-after-surgery\/\" title=\"Pope Francis discharged from hospital, to reduce public appearances post-surgery.\">jokingly told reporters<\/a> that she would &#8220;wear\u2063 a bikini&#8221; \u2062on the Senate floor, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/susan-collins-bikini-joke-dress-code-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI plan to \u200dwear \u2062a bikini tomorrow to the Senate floor \u200dand [Sen.] Chris Coons [D-Del.] is \u200cgonna wear shorts because there&#8217;s\u200d no \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/susan-collins-jokes-she-will-wear-a-bikini-in-response-to-senate-dress-code-change\/\" title=\"Susan Collins playfully responds to Senate dress code change, jokingly suggesting she will wear a bikini.\">dress code anymore<\/a>,\u201d \u200dCollins jokingly told reporters on September 18 after news\u2064 of the\u200b change \u200dbroke.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why \u2062the change bothered\u2064 her, Collins replied, \u201cBecause I\u200d think \u200bthere is a certain dignity that we should be maintaining in the Senate, and to do away with the \u200cdress code, to me, debases the\u200c institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, obviously, I&#8217;m not\u2063 gonna wear a bikini,\u201d she added. \u201cBut of all the issues that we have to deal with right\u2064 now, \u200cranging from the possibility of the government shutting down to\u200d what we do about Ukraine, \u200cwe&#8217;re\u200c talking about the Senate dress code? That&#8217;s extraordinary to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After presiding over the Senate on Wednesday, Fetterman, who\u2062 has engaged in back-and-forth\u200c exchanges with\u2062 some Republicans over \u200cthe relaxed dress code, downplayed his informal appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cThe world didn\u2019t spin off its \u200baxis,&#8221; Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankthorp\/status\/1704528822052237437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NBC \u200dreporter Frank \u200cThorp following his turn at the Senate rostrum. &#8220;You know, I just did it &#8230; I\u200c think \u200bwe will \u200dstill go on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In \u200bCongress, Fetterman \u200dhas\u200d frequently\u2064 worn shorts, hoodies, and short-sleeve shirts. Prior to Schumer&#8217;s decision to modify the dress code, the \u200djunior Pennsylvania senator often had to\u200d vote from just\u2063 outside\u2064 the Senate&#8217;s \u200bdoors due to the previous standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Speaking \u200dfor himself, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1704517579795022038?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a \u2064September 20 post \u2064on X, &#8220;If those jagoffs in the \u2062House stop trying \u2064to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save \u200bdemocracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the recent appearance of Sen. \u2064Fetterman in casual attire \u200csparked a debate\u200c among\u200d lawmakers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063 By loosening the dress code \u2064in the United States Senate, Senate \u2063Majority\u2064 Leader \u2062Chuck \u2064Schumer has sparked a\u2064 debate \u2064among lawmakers.\u2062 The recent\u200b appearance of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in casual \u200battire \u2062while\u200c presiding over the governing body has further intensified the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2063 September 20, Fetterman made headlines by wearing a button-up, \u2063short-sleeve shirt, and shorts, \u2064just two days after Schumer announced that senators would no longer be required to wear formal clothes\u200c on the Senate \u200cfloor. Schumer stated in a press statement on September 18, &#8220;There has been an informal dress code\u2064 that was\u200b enforced. \u2064Senators are able to choose what they wear \u200don the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a \u200csuit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, some senators are \u2064concerned that this\u2064 decision\u200c undermines the decorum and respect of\u200c the Senate. Sen. Dick\u2064 Durbin (D-Ill.), \u2063one of the leading \u200cmembers \u200cof the Senate Democrats, expressed\u2063 frustration about Schumer&#8217;s decision in \u2064an interview posted on a social media platform\u2063 on \u2064September 21. He said,\u2064 &#8220;I want to give him the benefit of the \u200cdoubt\u2026but I think the Senate needs to act \u200bon this. The senator in question \u200bfrom Pennsylvania is a\u2063 personal friend, but I think we need to have \u200cstandards when it\u2064 comes to what we\u2019re\u2064 wearing on the\u2063 floor of \u200cthe Senate, \u2063and we\u2019re in the process of discussing that \u200cright \u200dnow\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also expressed his frustration and had a conversation\u2064 with\u2064 Fetterman regarding \u2063the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girls-wore-bras-to-protest-sexualization-in-oregon-school-district\/\" title=\"Girls Wore Bras To Protest \u2018Sexualization\u2019 In Oregon School District\">dress code change<\/a>. Manchin stated, &#8220;I said, \u2018John, I think it\u2019s wrong, \u200cand \u2062there&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers responded to the US Senate&#8217;s dress code alteration and Sen. John Fetterman&#8217;s (D-Pa.) casual attire while presiding over the governing body. 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