The congress is fighting on Washington DC Home Rule and Federal Police Control

The American Capitol is a lot.

Legislative assembly. Museum of art. Historical site.

And apparently now, the town hall.

The battle on the federal government was maintained in the streets of Washington, DC – and perhaps other big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles – is headed for the largest municipal council in the world: the rooms of the congress.

Do not ask the legislators where to obtain a marriage license. Or where the planning service is so that he can examine this property servitude.

President Donald Trump. (Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When the congress returned to session in September, debate on Washington, the “domicile rule” of DC and the role of the federal police in Washington grant a large part of the attention of the legislators.

The Columbia district is a federal city – finally responding to the congress and the president. And with thousands of troops from the National Guard who now patrol the streets, the role of these troops depends on what the legislators decide to do on this subject.

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President Donald Trump is expressed with members of the law forces and soldiers of the National Guard, Thursday, August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

DC had no control over its own cases until the congress granted the capital the “domicile rule” in 1973. This established a municipal council and a mayor. However, the congress could still intervene and supplant local authorities.

Expect that democratic legislators are trying to restore more local control over the streets of Washington, DC, via legislation when the congress meets. And anticipate that the Republicans will do their best to tear power from the city.

The 1973 law Home Rule Act authorizes the president to take control of the city police up to a month if an “emergency” exists. President Trump is well aware of the declaration of border policy to commercial policy an “emergency”. Trump therefore took advantage of this legal escape to send troops from the National Guard to the streets of Washington.

Representative Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Pushes legislation to allow President Trump to direct police operations in the Columbia district for six months. Biggs also wishes to modify the section of the law on the rules of domicile for potential emergencies in the future. President Trump controls the DC National Guard because the Columbia district is not a state. The provision of local rules does not limit the duration of the duration of the president.

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Representative Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Is expressed at a press conference on border security and funding on January 10, 2024. (Getty Images)

Biggs was occupied. The Arizona republican also designed a bill to repress the cash guarantee for the defendants of Washington, DC. The measurement of Biggs would prohibit defendants from jumping on justice appearances under the premise that they will pay if they were freed after an arrest.

In order not to be outdone, representative Anna Paulina Luna, R -Fla., Prepared a measure giving the president the power to control DC – under emergency provisions – as long as he wishes. Representative Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Wants to give President Trump the authority to manage the capital until the expiration of his mandate in January 2029.

Ogles has already associated himself with Senator Mike Lee, Rutah, to write a bill that essentially strips Washington, DC, All Home Rule.

These are all plans that the Republicans have for the city. However, it is legislation we are talking about. And it is not clear if all this could skate through the house controlled by the GOP with a narrow majority. The Republicans of the Chamber now have a margin of 219-212 after the resignation of the former representative Mark Green, R-Tenn., In July. And although most of the Republican legislators are not a fan of DC and want to support President Trump, it is not concluded that the house can pass anything.

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Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Police Patrouille near Navy Yard in Washington, DC, August 14, 2025. (Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters)

Some House Republicans could reject legislation as part of the premise that they support “federalism” and prefer local populations to control local affairs – even if DC is faced with a crime problem. In addition, they are worried about the previous one they could establish for a Democratic president and what he can do when they are in power.

Anyway, advancing all this through the American Senate is difficult. Legislation requires two cycles of 60 years to break the headlights. And the Republicans only order 53 seats in the Senate. In addition, the Senate has never shown the same level of interest in interference with Washington, DC affairs compared to the House of Representatives.

These are the republican plans. One can imagine that the efforts of the Democrats are to protect DC from such an intervention by the Congress or the Presidential – or to cancel the action of President Trump via legislation. But while Democrats often come together to protect the city from external influences, Washington often has to count on regional legislators as a sense. Tim Kaine, D-VA., And Chris Van Hollen, D-MD., To do the hard work. DC has a delegate without voting at home, del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, DD.C. And no senators.

In addition, the Republicans have exploited a story that Washington, DC, is not sure. So it works outside the Beltway. It also does not burn a lot of political capital for the Republicans of the Congress to mingle with local DC affairs – if this is what President Trump wants. So this appeals to the basis of the GOP.

On the other hand, the Democrats of the Congress must walk carefully. Crime in big cities is a hot button problem. The Republicans seem to have public support on questions of “law and order” – and to take large cities “led by Democrats”. If the Democrats do not end in the right way, it is possible that a fully with throat defense of the Columbia district is not the message that the party must send to the voters swing that they are trying to court the heart.

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Chairman of the James Comer Surveillance and Responsibility Committee. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The chairman of the chamber’s supervisory committee, James Comer, R-Ky., Also organized eight separate requests for transcribed interviews with Washington, DC police commanders. The first arrives on September 23. Commer wants to hear the former commander of the 3rd district Michael Pulliam. He is now on leave after having faced allegations for modifying reports on DC crime.

Anyway, the best thing that DC Home Rule could have for that right now is the calendar.

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It’s almost September. And even if the controversies on the National Guard in the streets of Capital Command News Oxygen Daily in the country of the country will probably pass most of September to try to avoid a closure of the government. The deadline to do so is October 1. Such a strong concentration on the maintenance of federal lights can give DC a brief suspected.

But surveillance of the Congress on DC does not evaporate so early. Congress is essentially a type of Super-City advice for the Columbia district. This means that the Capitol is a bit like the town hall.

It has long been said that “you cannot fight the Town Hall”. And with the Republicans currently in charge, there cannot be little that the Democrats of Congress can do to relieve local power in the national capital.