HEN20043 S.L.C. 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. ll To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. MCCONNELL llllllllll submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllll RESOLUTION To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States. 1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives shall file 2 its record with the Secretary of the Senate, which will con3 sist of those publicly available materials that have been 4 submitted to or produced by the House Judiciary Com5 mittee, including transcripts of public hearings or mark6 ups and any materials printed by the House of Represent7 atives or the House Judiciary Committee pursuant to 8 House Resolution 660. Materials in this record may be 9 admitted into evidence by motion made after the Senate 10 has disposed of the question of whether it shall be in order 19W 8M B04 HEN20043 S.L.C. 2 1 to consider and debate under the impeachment rules any 2 motion to subpoena witnesses or documents. All materials 3 filed pursuant to this paragraph shall be printed and made 4 available to all parties. 5 The President and the House of Representatives shall 6 have until 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 7 to file any motions permitted under the rules of impeach8 ment with the exception of motions to subpoena witnesses 9 or documents or any other evidentiary motions. Responses 10 to any such motions shall be filed no later than 11:00 a.m. 11 on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. All materials filed pur12 suant to this paragraph shall be filed with the Secretary 13 and be printed and made available to all parties. 14 Arguments on such motions shall begin at 1:00 p.m. 15 on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, and each side may de16 termine the number of persons to make its presentation, 17 following which the Senate shall deliberate, if so ordered 18 under the impeachment rules, and vote on any such mo19 tions. 20 Following the disposition of such motions, or if no 21 motions are made, then the House of Representatives shall 22 make its presentation in support of the articles of im23 peachment for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours, 24 over up to 2 session days. Following the House of Rep25 resentatives’ presentation, the President shall make his 19W 8M B04 HEN20043 S.L.C. 3 1 presentation for a period not to exceed 24 hours, over up 2 to 2 session days. Each side may determine the number 3 of persons to make its presentation. 4 Upon the conclusion of the President’s presentation, 5 Senators may question the parties for a period of time 6 not to exceed 16 hours. 7 Upon the conclusion of questioning by the Senate, 8 there shall be 4 hours of argument by the parties, equally 9 divided, followed by deliberation by the Senate, if so or10 dered under the impeachment rules, on the question of 11 whether it shall be in order to consider and debate under 12 the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena witnesses 13 or documents. The Senate, without any intervening action, 14 motion, or amendment, shall then decide by the yeas and 15 nays whether it shall be in order to consider and debate 16 under the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena wit17 nesses or documents. 18 Following the disposition of that question, other mo- 19 tions provided under the impeachment rules shall be in 20 order. 21 If the Senate agrees to allow either the House of Rep- 22 resentatives or the President to subpoena witnesses, the 23 witnesses shall first be deposed and the Senate shall decide 24 after deposition which witnesses shall testify, pursuant to 25 the impeachment rules. No testimony shall be admissible 19W 8M B04 HEN20043 S.L.C. 4 1 in the Senate unless the parties have had an opportunity 2 to depose such witnesses. 3 At the conclusion of the deliberations by the Senate, 4 the Senate shall vote on each article of impeachment. 19W 8M B04