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Opinion: A goverment shutdown looming, and we’re talking about suits?

Photo/Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press / Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington.
Photo/Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press / Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington.

It’s the greatest scandal to hit D.C.

Nope, it’s not Watergate. Not Barack Obama wearing a tan suit.

It’s the lack of suits, actually, that has created a surprising amount of conflict in our nation’s capital.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said on Monday that staff for the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms won’t have to enforce a dress code on the Senate floor.

“There has been an informal dress code that was enforced,” Schumer said in a statement Monday. “Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit.”