Pennsylvania House Considers Forming Secretive Committee With Power to Expel Members

‘It is one of the most dangerous resolutions that I’ve ever seen introduced in this body,’ Minority Chair Bryan Cutler said.

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on April 24, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Despite heated opposition from Republicans this week, majority Democrats on Pennsylvania’s House Committee on Rules, have passed a resolution to create a subcommittee that would run secret incapacity inquiries on other House members.

The proposed subcommittee, introduced on May 8, by House Majority leader Rep. Matthew Bradford, a Democrat, would have the power to suspend publicly elected members with or without pay. The measure passed along party lines, with 18 Democrats in support of the rule change and 14 Republicans opposed.