The U.S. House of Representatives on July 13 voted to adopt an amendment to the annual defense spending bill that hands command of the capital city’s National Guard over to the mayor of Washington, D.C.
The measure (pdf) was approved in a mainly party-line vote of 218–209 to be added to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Specifically, the amendment would give command of the D.C. National Guard to Mayor Muriel Bowser, as opposed to the president, who currently oversees the force in Washington, D.C.
In other states across the United States, governors are in charge of their respective national guards….