On the Motion to Table · Tuesday, January 21, 2020 · 116th Congress, 2nd session
This resolution sets forth related procedures for consideration of the articles of impeachment against the President that include • filing of certain records of the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives; • establishing deadlines by which the President and the House must file certain motions related to the articles and any responses to the motions; • providing guidelines for arguments on such motions and presentations by the House and the President; • authorizing Senators to question parties; • making it in order, after deliberation by the Senate, for the Senate to vote on a motion to consider and debate, under the impeachment rules, any motion to subpoena witnesses or documents; • making it in order, following the disposition of that question, other motions provided under such rules; • requiring the Senate to depose such witnesses and decide which witnesses shall testify, if it agrees to allow the House or the President to subpoena witnesses; • making testimony inadmissible unless the parties have had an opportunity to depose such witnesses; and • requiring the Senate to vote on each article of impeachment at the conclusion of its deliberations.
53–47
Motion to Table Agreed to
TALLY
BY PARTY
| PARTY | YEA | NAY | NV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 |
CROSSED THE PARTY LINE
0
Republicans voted Nay
0
Democrats voted Yea