President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in three days.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump last Wednesday on an article for "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol -- making him the only president to be impeached twice.
Here is how the scene is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Jan 13, 2021, 4:09 PM EST
7th House Republican will vote to impeach Trump
Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan is the seventh House Republican to announce he will vote to impeach Trump, announcing his intention in a statement posted to Twitter moments before voting got underway.
"President Trump betrayed his oath of office by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he bears responsibility for inciting the insurrection we suffered last week. With a heavy heart, I will vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump," he said in a tweet, attaching a longer statement.
Meijer joins Republican Reps. John Katko, N.Y., Liz Cheney, Wyo., Adam Kinzinger, Ill., Fred Upton, Mich., Jaime Herrera Beutler, Wash., and Dan Newhouse, Wash, in saying he will vote to impeach the president.
No House Republicans voted to impeach Trump in 2019.
Jan 13, 2021, 3:55 PM EST
Impeachment debate concluded, vote underway
The House has concluded debate on the second impeachment of Trump for "incitement of insurrection." The vote is now underway and is expected to take 40 minutes to one hour.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi makes remarks s the House takes up an impeachment resolution against President Trump, Jan. 13, 2021, following the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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House Democrats are expected to vote to impeach the president. Seven Republicans have announced that they also plan to vote to impeach.
The House needs a simple majority to impeach the president.
Jan 13, 2021, 3:55 PM EST
GOP, Dems deliver closing arguments ahead of vote with scathing rebuke of Trump from Hoyer
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. -- the No. 2 Republican in the House -- was the last to speak for the Republican Party, said he opposed the "rushed" impeachment, and emphasized that the Senate will only be able to take up the trial once Trump is out of office.
"I've seen the dark evil of political violence firsthand. And it needs to stop. But all of us need to be unequivocal in calling it out every single time we see it, not just when it comes from the other side of the aisle," he said.
Invoking President Abraham Lincoln, he closed by calling on Americans to unify and "seek higher ground."
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., quickly responded to his remarks, saying, "We can have all this, and we can have accountability too," before handing off to Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks on the House floor during the second impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, Jan. 13, 2021.
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Hoyer, in a scathing rebuke of the president, repeated the words of Rep. Liz Cheney and called on his Republicans colleagues to rise to the moment and join her to "reject the vices we abhore."
"It is the first and only physical presence other than the 9/11 attack on this nation -- which came from abroad with a plane aimed at our Capitol dome. This attack was not from abroad. It was as Liz Cheney said, summoned, assembled, and inflamed by the president of the United States of America," he said.
"Last Wednesday, on Jan. 6, the nation and the world watched it shatter to pieces. There could be no mistaking any longer the kind of man sitting in the Oval Office or his intentions and capabilities. The curtain has been pulled back. The office to which he was elected could not temper or reform him," Hoyer said.
"Reject deceit. Reject fear mongering. Reject sedition, tyranny and insurrection," Hoyer said. "Reject one man over fidelity to one's country."
Hoyer noted that soon the House Reading Clerk will call the roll for voting, and added, "Make no mistake, this will be no ordinary roll call."
"These votes will be inscribed on the roll of history -- a record of courage -- and of our commitment to country and Constitution, of our commitment to the rule of law and renewal of that which we inherited and hope to pass on, unbroken, unshattered," he said. "Vote for this -- for America, for our constitution, for democracy, for history."
Jan 13, 2021, 3:32 PM EST
McConnell has 'not made a final decision' on whether he would vote to remove Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent a note to Republican colleagues Wednesday afternoon, as the House debated the expected impeachment of President Trump, stating that he has not made a final decision on how he would vote in an impeachment trial.
“While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," said the note McConnell's team passed along.
In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks as the Senate reconvenes after protesters stormed the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021.
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The message comes after House GOP leadership said they would not encourage members to vote for or against Democrats' impeachment push, according to House leadership aides, but to “vote their conscience.”
At least six House Republicans -- including No. 3 Rep. Liz Cheney -- have announced they will vote to impeach the president.