HARRISBURG, Pa. - Philadelphians would be able to hold an election to remove elected officials under a bill the House State Government Committee advanced Tuesday on party lines.Until the committee met Tuesday, the bill had applied to the state’s governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor general and treasurer, and all mayors and district attorneys.
But a Republican-sponsored amendment took out nearly all of those officials and applied it only to Philadelphia, notably its district attorney and mayor.
The proposal passed on party lines, with Republicans in support. Philadelphia has long been an overwhelmingly Democratic city.The bill's author, Rep.