(CNN) Last week, Democrats announced a proposal to end a rule that bans headwear on the House floor. Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim congresswomen, vocally supported the move on social media this weekend.

"No one puts a scarf on my head but me. It's my choice -- one protected by the first amendment," the Minnesotan wrote on Twitter and Instagram.

Omar wears a religious headscarf, and under the current 181-year-old rule , a House member must be "uncovered" in order to address the floor, and cannot even enter the House "with his head covered."

No one puts a scarf on my head but me. It's my choice—one protected by the first amendment.



And this is not the last ban I'm going to work to lift. https://t.co/7U3ZLTaWur — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 17, 2018

The proposal to amend this rule to allow for religious head coverings was co-authored by Omar, along with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jim McGovern.

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