The vote comes a week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed the dress code to allow casual dress on the Senate floor.shepherded by Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Mitt Romney of Utah,“The United States Capitol is more than just a place of work — it serves as a symbol of freedom and democracy to the world,” Romney said. “Hard work was done, and sacrifices made, to ensure that our legislative branch of government wasn’t just housed in some tent.
“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,” Manchin said in a speech on the floor.