The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to make business attire a requirement on the Senate floor.

The moves comes after backlash to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) directive to scuttle the chamber’s informal dress code, which was widely viewed to be inspired by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.).

The bipartisan resolution requires that business attire be worn on the floor of the Senate, “which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants.”

The bill does not spell out what the attire includes for women.

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    Why only men have specific requirements? This is not an attack on women but the ridiculousness of having a dress code that only specifies one gender.

    I would go the malicious compliance route.

    “which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants.”

    First up, there is no mention of a shirt…

    Coat (n): A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below.

    Lots of room for fun there.

    Tie: (from wikkipedia) Variants include the ascot, bow, bolo, zipper tie, cravat, and knit.

    Again, lots of fun.

    slacks or other long pants

    You get the idea by now.

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      Honestly something along what you’re suggesting was my first thought too but then that might hurt Fetterman when he runs for reelection. He beat Dr Oz by 3%, which is rather good, but Oz was a pretty terrible candidate. He might face significantly stiffer competition next time around and he probably wants to avoid a montage of him dressed silly on some attack ad.

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        He also suffered a stroke right before the election and was not in the most coherent state in his speeches at the time. And the ruling is only for the Senate floor, so he should be able to campaign in his own form of style outside of that.

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      “which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants.”

      So, puffy sports team coat, bolo tie, and pants hanging below my ass. I’m compliant!

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      Also it doesn’t say where those garments have to be worn. I’m putting on my jacket as a cape, slacks on my head, and tying a tie around my dick. Technically compliant with your stupid dress code.

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      Surely some tailor out there can make a hoodie styled like a suit coat with a drawstring “tie”.