Article snippet: Democrats on the House Rules Committee on Tuesday adopted guidelines to govern passage of the impeachment articles targeting MORE, setting the stage for Wednesday’s vote to impeach a president for just the third time in U.S. history. Under the guidelines, the impeachment articles will get six hours of debate, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. The debate will be controlled by the top Democrat and Republican on the House Judiciary Committee — Reps. MORE (Ga.), respectively. Nadler or his designee is also able to consider “a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial” of Trump after the rule is adopted, signaling the next phase of impeachment in the Senate will soon be underway. The guidelines passed through the Rules Committee along strict party lines, following a marathon 10-hour debate featuring closing argument-type statements from leaders of the Judiciary panel, which had drafted the articles last week. Just before the rule was passed, Republicans sought to tweak the parameters. Rep. MORE (Okla.), the top Republican on the panel, proposed an amendment to change the resolution to 12 hours of debate, arguing that Democrats rushed the impeachment of Trump and that such a fast inquiry warrants more time to debate. Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), however, disagreed, saying they were giving members a "reasonable amount of time." "We are dealing with fewer articles of impeachment with President Trump than... Link to the full article to read more