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Why the Senate Needs Seersucker Thursday

Dana Milbank links the death of bipartisanship to the death of fun

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 27, 2012 12:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Last Thursday, something tragic happened: The Senate cancelled Seersucker Thursday. Senate leaders thought the tradition, begun by Trent Lott in the '90s, of wearing the light pajama-esque suits and perhaps hitting up the dairy lobby's ice cream truck, would send the wrong message...   Read full story »

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