Philadelphia advances $35 million line of credit in bid to bring DNC back

Philadelphia has moved forward with a proposal backed by Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker’s office to establish a $35 million line of credit to support bringing the Democratic National Convention back to the city.

The City Council advanced the credit-line bill on Monday as the city seeks to host the 2028 DNC, looking to repeat the event it hosted in 2016 for then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. If the bid to host is successful, the swing-state blue city would take the convention from Chicago, which hosted the convention in 2024.