Senate Revokes ‘Fetterman Rule,” Reinstates Formal Dress Code

Late Wednesday evening, the US Senate unanimously passed a resolution to formalize business attire as the dress code while on the floor of the chamber in a rebuke of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who relaxed dress requirements last week to enable Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) to continue to wear hooded sweatshirts and shorts.
Schumer’s Sept. 17 decision led to a bipartisan backlash in the chamber as well as on social media. Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-W VA) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) sponsored the bipartisan bill.