Senator John Fetterman has volunteered to dress his age.
All the State Assemblyman — a “jagoff,” as the 54-year-old called himself Wednesday — will have to do is fend off a partial government shutdown by Sept. 30 and return additional aid to Ukraine.
“If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut down our government, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week,” Fetterman (D-Pa.) posted on X, formerly Twitter .
Fetterman has been at the center of a dress code scandal since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ordered the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms to stop enforcing a dress code requiring a coat and tie for male senators on the floor.
The change, derisively dubbed the “Fetterman Rule” by critics, means the formal requirements now only apply to male staff.
At the time of Fetterman’s statement on Wednesday, he presided over the Senate while wearing shorts and a short-sleeved button-down shirt.
If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut down our government, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 20, 2023
Since returning to the Senate from a six-week break due to treatment for clinical depression, Fetterman has barely attempted to adhere to the old dress code — shouting “Aye” or “No” from outside the Senate chamber in deference to the former. rules.
A group of Republicans in Congress, including nearly the full Senate GOP conference in a Tuesday letter to Schumer, have denounced the change, saying it “demeans” the institution.
Fetterman speaks to reporters at the Capitol building while wearing shorts on September 19, 2023.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), for example, joked this week about wearing a bikini to vote.
Meanwhile, House Republicans are embroiled in a heated argument over how to keep the government going through the end of the month.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has a four-seat majority and faces about a dozen defections as he tries to move the stopgap spending bill through the House.
Senator John Fetterman vowed to sue the Senate if the House of Representatives avoids a government shutdown and supports aid to Ukraine. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ordered the sergeant of the chamber to stop enforcing the dress code.REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to pass a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Many GOP hardliners also oppose the Biden administration’s request to approve more than $20 billion in additional aid to Ukraine.
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