The Senate no longer has a dress code, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, announced this week. After the announcement, Sen. Susan Collins joked about what she would be wearing. "I plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the Senate floor," the Maine Republican jokingly told reporters, the Associated Press reports. Collins went on to clarify she "obviously" is not going to wear a bikini, according to the Washington Examiner. "But of all the issues that we have to deal with right now, ranging from the possibility of...

Nearly all Senate Republicans signed a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday criticizing the chamber’s new relaxed dress code as disrespectful. Schumer announced on Sunday that the upper chamber would no longer be requiring a dress code, which previously required men to wear a coat and tie and women to wear business attire, permitting them to wear whatever they want to. GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida spearheaded the letter denouncing the change, which has informally become known as the “Fetterman Rule” after Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who...

Nearly every Senate Republican signed a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday asking him to continue enforcing the Senate’s previous, more formal unwritten dress code. Axios reported earlier this week that Schumer recently asked the Senate sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the dress code on the chamber floor. The move was seen as reflective, at least in part, of Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s preference for wearing shorts and a hoodie. “The Senate is a place of honor and tradition, and the Senate floor is where...

Nearly all Senate Republicans signed a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday criticizing the chamber’s new relaxed dress code as disrespectful. Schumer announced on Sunday that the upper chamber would no longer be requiring a dress code, which previously required men to wear a coat and tie and women to wear business attire, permitting them to wear whatever they want to. GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida spearheaded the letter denouncing the change, which has informally become known as the “Fetterman Rule” after Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who...

A group of 46 Republican senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday asking to restore the Senate dress code. Schumer secretly sent the directive to the Senate's sergeant at arms on Sunday before announcing that senators would be permitted to wear casual clothes on the floor. The change is widely seen as an accomodation for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who prefers to go to work in loose-fitting shirts, hoodies and gym shorts. The Republicans, led by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., say the rules change...

A group of 46 Republican senators on Tuesday led by Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) signed a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasting his decision to relax the upper chamber’s dress code. Earlier this week, Schumer introduced a new policy that no longer requires members to wear coats or business attire in the Senate, an informal rule that is enforced by the Senate sergeant-at-arms. But the GOP senators wrote to Schumer to express their “supreme disappointment and resolute disapproval” of his new policy and urge him to...

A group of 46 Senate Republicans sent a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, asking that he reverse his decision on relaxing the Senate dress code. Schumer announced the change Sunday, which allows the senators to wear what they want on the chamber floor. Men were previously required to wear jackets and ties, and business attire for women. “Allowing casual clothing on the Senate floor disrespects the institution we serve and the American families we represent,” the group wrote. The letter, led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.),...

The U.S. Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for members of the upper house, allowing Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., to wear his trademark hoodie and gym shorts while working for his constituents. The decision could impact the confidence and productivity of lawmakers as society continues to become more and more casual, according to one expert. "Healer In Heels: You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For -- Simple Practices To Transform Your Life" author Jasna Burza, who spent years studying how our environment and wardrobe impacts everyday...

Republicans are calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reinstate a dress code for members on the Senate floor, arguing that the loosening of the rules “disrespects the institution.” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and 45 of his GOP Senate colleagues penned a letter to Schumer on Tuesday demanding that business attire be worn on the floor of the upper chamber following the New York Democrat’s recent order to the sergeant-at-arms to stop enforcing the dress code for senators. “The Senate floor is a special place. It’s not hard...

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has pushed the limits of appropriate attire in the Senate. The Senate is relaxing its dress code, joining workplaces across the country that have become more casual since the Covid-19 pandemic. Fashion experts say: Proceed with caution. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said this week that Senate officers would no longer enforce the chamber’s unspoken rules about formal dress, allowing members to wear whatever they want on the floor. Schumer said he would continue to wear a suit. Appropriate white-collar attire has been redefined...