Before Thursday's impeachment vote, the House Rules Committee passed the resolution outlining the rules of the impeachment inquiry proceedings by a 9-4 vote, USA Today reported.
The resolution sets the public hearing rules for the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees, according to Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
"There is serious evidence that the president may have violated the Constitution," Rep. McGovern said, per the report. "I don't know how this is going to turn out, but we need a process in place."
The top Republican on the Rules Committee rejected the fairness to the resolution because testimony has been taken in secret for weeks and not all the evidence will be shared publicly with the Judiciary Committee, according Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.
"In my view, it's not a fair process," Cole said, per USA Today. "It's not an open process."
The resolution gives House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the authority to reject Republican subpoenas and gives House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the power to limit the president's ability to call or question witnesses, Cole said, per USA Today.
"That's a heck of a situation where you get to decide what's necessary for an investigation," Cole added.
The House assembles for votes beginning around 10:30 a.m. ET.
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