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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 483 

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 

JANUARY 21, 2020 

Mr. MCCONNELL submitted the following resolution 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2020 

Considered and agreed to 

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 will be ad9 mitted into evidence subject to any hearsay, evidentiary, 


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1 or other objections that the President may make after 

2 opening presentations are concluded. All materials filed 

3 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 3 session days. Following the House of Rep25 resentatives’ presentation, the President shall make his 


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1 presentation for a period not to exceed 24 hours, over up 

2 to 3 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 mo19 tions provided under the impeachment rules shall be in 

20 order. 

21 If the Senate agrees to allow either the House of Rep22 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 


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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. 

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