Trump authorized to control DC police indefinitely under House GOP proposal

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."

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.

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.

And that authority would continue unless Congress passed a joint resolution calling for an end to his control of the D.C. police.

Meanwhile, Trump has already floated leapfrogging Congress to extend his hold on the police given that a joint resolution would likely require at least 60 votes in the Senate to pass.

While some Republicans have come out in support of the president, Senate Democrats are ready to push back against granting Trump more control over the district.