Senate · Roll call 26 · 2nd session · Jan. 22, 2020 A vote to agree to S.Res. 483, which sets procedures for the Senate's consideration of the articles of impeachment against the President.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

The resolution sets deadlines for filings by the President and the House, provides guidelines for arguments, and authorizes Senators to question the parties. It also makes it in order for the Senate to vote on whether to consider motions to subpoena witnesses or documents, and requires the Senate to vote on each article of impeachment at the end of its deliberations.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.