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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is raising concerns that Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was singled out for wearing a hoodie on the House floor.

Cleaver told Fox News on Wednesday that he plans to send "a friendly, hand-written note" to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) asking about the uneven enforcement of House rules regarding dress.

“Whenever rules are not enforced, you create the opportunity for somebody to believe they have been singled out,” Cleaver said. “You see during late-night votes, people stand in the back with jeans and no jackets and no ties.”

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