SENATE PASSES MANCHIN, ROMNEY BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION TO REINSTATE SENATE DRESS CODE
Floor Speech
Issues: Legislative Branch
"For 234 years, every Senator that has had the honor of serving in this distinguished body has assumed there were some basic written rules of decorum, conduct and civility, one of which was a dress code. Just over a week ago, we all learned that there were not -- in fact -- any written rules about what Senators could and could not wear on the floor of the Senate. So Senator Romney and I got together and we thought maybe it's time that we finally codify something that was the precedented rule for 234 years. We drafted this simple two-page resolution that'll put all of this to bed once and for all, by codifying the long-standing practice into a Senate Rule and making it very clear for the sergeant of arms to enforce."
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