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To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment
against DonaldJohn Trump,Presidentof the UnitedStates.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. MCCONNELLsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
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RESOLUTION
To provide for related procedures concerning the articles
of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President
of the United States.

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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
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to consider and debate under the impeachment rules any
motion to subpoena witnesses or documents. All materials
filed pursuant to this paragraph shall be printed and made
available to all parties.
The President and the House of Representatives shall
have until 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2020,
to file any motions permitted under the rules of impeachment with the exception of motions to subpoena witnesses
or documents or any other evidentiary motions. Responses
to any such motions shall be filed no later than 11:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. All materials filed pursuant to this paragraph shall be filed with the Secretary
and be printed and made available to all parties.
Arguments on such motions shall begin at 1:00 p.m.
on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, and each side may determine the number of persons to make its presentation,
following which the Senate shall deliberate, if so ordered
under the impeachment rules, and vote on any such motions.
Following the disposition of such motions, or if no
motions are made, then the House of Representatives shall
make its presentation in support of the articles of impeachment for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours,
over up to 2 session days. Following the House of Representatives’ presentation, the President shall make his
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for a period not to exceed 24 hours, over up
to 2 session days. Each side may determine the number
of persons to make its presentation.
Upon the conclusion of the President’s presentation,
Senators may question the parties for a period of time
not to exceed 16 hours.
Upon the conclusion of questioning by the Senate,
there shall be 4 hours of argument by the parties, equally
divided, followed by deliberation by the Senate, if so ordered under the impeachment rules, on the question of
whether it shall be in order to consider and debate under
the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena witnesses
or documents. The Senate, without any intervening action,
motion, or amendment, shall then decide by the yeas and
nays whether it shall be in order to consider and debate
under the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena witnesses or documents.
Following the disposition of that question, other motions provided under the impeachment rules shall be in
order.
If the Senate agrees to allow either the House of Representatives or the President to subpoena witnesses, the
witnesses shall first be deposed and the Senate shall decide
after deposition which witnesses shall testify, pursuant to
the impeachment rules. No testimony shall be admissible
presentation

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1 in the Senate unless the parties have had an opportunity
2 to depose such witnesses.
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At the conclusion of the deliberations by the Senate,

4 the Senate shall vote on each article of impeachment.

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