"National Guard troops are pre-positioned to help eastern North Carolina as Hurricane Erin impacts the coast," said Kate Frauenfelder. "These brave men and women are needed here at home – not in D.C." North Carolina is under a state of emergency due to Hurricane Erin.

National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.”