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Article snippet: Senate GOP leaders say opening arguments in the impeachment trial for MORE will likely kick off early next week. But several procedural steps need to happen before the meat of the trial begins. Here’s what to watch for in the coming days as the impeachment process finally shifts from the House to the Senate. The action starts Tuesday. Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) will huddle with her rank-and-file Democrats on Tuesday morning to discuss “how we proceed further” on sending the pair of impeachment articles to the Senate. Pelosi hasn’t publicly stated when exactly the House will vote, but the expectation is the vote on the resolution naming impeachment managers and shipping articles to the Senate will take place Wednesday or Thursday. That’s before the House departs for its weeklong recess in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Before that House vote, Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman MORE business associate, that may be relevant to the impeachment trial. The move to publish could up the ante for Senate Republicans as they debate whether to call witnesses in the trial. After the House vote, it’s the Senate’s turn. Once the House formally names its House managers — Democratic prosecutors handpicked by Pelosi — the Senate must then pass a resolution informing the House it’s ready to receive the articles of impeachment. After that happens, Pelosi’s impeachment managers — there were 13 GOP managers for the MORE impeachment trial in 1999 — will physically deliver ... Link to the full article to read more