Senators weigh in on lack of dress code, with Susan Collins joking she'll wear a bikini
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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 the government shutting down to what we do about Ukraine, we're talking about the Senate dress code? That's extraordinary to me."
While Schumer himself still plans to wear suits, other lawmakers may take him up on the offer to "choose what they wear on the Senate floor." Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, has often worn causal clothes like sweatshirts and basketball shorts to work. Now, there is no rule prohibiting it.
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