The candid reviews of the new rules, which went into effect Monday, even included mockery from Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who joked to reporters that she planned to “wear a bikini” on Tuesday.

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    WASHINGTON — Republicans on Monday ridiculed Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s loosening of the upper chamber’s dress code that will allow for recreation-like clothing on the Senate floor.

    Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia called the relaxed rules “terrible,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he’s “not a big fan,” and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa simply said, “It stinks.”

    The candid reviews of the new rules, which went into effect Monday, even included mockery from Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who joked to reporters that she planned to “wear a bikini” on Tuesday.

    Fetterman, a first-term senator who has often been seen wearing casual clothes around Capitol Hill following treatment for clinical depression this year, wore a suit to his swearing-in ceremony in January.

    Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski lingered for a bit longer on the floor in her “travel clothes,” which included black pants, a quarter zip and sneakers.

    Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, a self-described “styling guy” who will often vote from the edge of the Senate floor while wearing clothes he’ll travel home in, said the relaxed rules were unlikely to change things for him.


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