2023-09-19 17:47:16
(Washington) Hooded sweatshirt, sports shorts… even bikini? Right Honorable Senators in the United States Congress now have the ability to dress however they want, a new freedom that not everyone likes.
Published yesterday at 1:47 p.m.
Announced on Sunday, the abolition of the strict dress code was decided by the leader of the Democratic majority in the upper house, Chuck Schumer, sparking outraged reactions mainly emanating from elected Republican officials.
Susan Collins, a septuagenarian senator from the state of Maine, considered that the measure amounted to “devaluing the institution”.
In a joking tone, the Republican elected official with neat suits noted that now nothing stopped her from coming to sit in a bikini, even if she made it clear that she would not do so.
PHOTO HAIYUN JIANG, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Susan Collins
Present in everyone’s minds, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman seems to be the first beneficiary of the end of the suit and tie in the Senate. He is indeed known for his hooded sweatshirts and basketball shorts.
A way of dressing like a “sass”, judged Republican Senator from Wyoming Cynthia Lummis. She deplored a decision “dishonoring” a prestigious federal legislative institution, which has the power to dismiss the president, confirm Supreme Court judges or even ratify international treaties.
PHOTO JACQUELYN MARTIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
John Fetterman
“Out of respect, we should have a certain sense of decorum here,” also said Kansas Senator Roger Marshall. His colleague from North Dakota, Kevin Cramer, denounced the attempt to “transform the United States Senate into a sports bar”.
John Fetterman hailed “a good thing”, “a little more freedom” in a hemicycle where the average age exceeds 65 and clarified “I don’t know why the right seemed to be losing its mind” on the subject.
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