Senate Floor Dress Code

There are rules about what you can and can t wear on the senate floor.

Senate floor dress code.

A new report from cbs details the sartorial hoops staffers at the house of representatives though apparently not the senate have to jump through to be deemed appropriately dressed. Clothing which reveals excessive skin shorts ball caps jeans sneakers sandals and sunglasses etc. The current dress code. Those bare shoulders buried once and for all an arcane dress code that should have gone out in the 1960s.

Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress from the floor of the house of representatives in washington dc february 28 2017. Senate have a dress code which members must adhere to especially on the floor of the respective chambers. Dress pants or skirt length to the knee dress shirt and jacket business dress and jacket appropriate business footwear nmc will not tolerate. Among the laundry list of complexities that come with a job on capitol hill many staffers have openly spoken about the rigid dress code especially when it comes to the senate floor.

While the dress code for the senate was never officially codified the norms were enforced by senate doorkeepers who controlled access to the chamber and served partly as security guards partly. House of representatives and u s. Men have to be in suit and tie. Male members must be attired in a suit including shirt and tie.

For women if you re wearing a dress you have to have your shoulders covered.