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A House Republican wants to allow President Donald Trump to extend his takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force for as long as he wants.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is working on a resolution that would rewrite the Home Rule Act, the law that Trump is using to take control of the district’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and do away with barriers that limit just how long the president can oversee the local police agency.
Ogles charged that “the only way to save it is to federalize the District.”
“President Trump has already stepped up — using the emergency powers granted under the D.C. Home Rule Act — but the 30-day limit in current law is nowhere near enough to undo the chaos Democrats have unleashed,” he told Fox News Digital. “My resolution will give the President all the time and authority he needs to crush lawlessness, restore order, and reclaim our capital once and for all.”
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A House Republican wants to allow President Donald Trump to extend his takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force for as long as he wants. (Tasos Katopodis)
Trump on Monday declared a crime emergency in the nation’s Capitol and invoked a section of the Home Rule Act that governs the district to give himself the authority to take control of the local police.
He has since sent in National Guard troops, alongside FBI and DEA agents, to patrol the streets of Washington D.C.
But the provision, known as Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, only allows for the president to effectively federalize the local police force for up to 30 days unless Congress, through a joint resolution, grants him an extension.
And Ogles’ resolution seeks to change that by removing the 30-day time limit.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., arrives at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Instead, the president would have to notify the House Oversight and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees each time he wants to extend his control of the police force — something Trump had to do already to prevent his grip on the MPD from lapsing after 48 hours.
And that authority would continue unless Congress passed a joint resolution calling for an end to his control of the D.C. police.
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