WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Senate on early Wednesday voted to pass the Republican-proposed resolution laying out rules guiding the ongoing impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, after a marathon debate killed 11 amendments introduced by Democrats.
The resolution, adopted by a 57-43 party-line vote at the Republican-controlled Senate, will postpone a decision on whether to call additional witnesses until the opening arguments from the two opposing sides are heard.
The witness issue was a key sticking point that saw House managers -- comprised of Democrats who act as prosecutors in the trial -- and Trump's legal defense team wrangling for over 12 hours.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered 11 separately proposed amendments to the resolution Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed -- all rejected by the chamber as senators mostly voted along party lines.
Those amendments, asked in the form of motions, included requests for documents related to Trump's dealings with Ukraine that are possessed by the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon and other agencies, as well as subpoenas for acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, former National Security Adviser John Bolton and other officials to testify.
McConnell's four-page resolution, when it was first made public on Monday, allowed impeachment managers and Trump's attorneys to each have 24 hours over a two-day period to make their cases. Originally, it didn't allow House prosecutors to admit evidence into the Senate trial record until both sides wrap up their opening statements.
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