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Lawmakers took to the House floor in roughly six hours of debate Wednesday before passing two articles of impeachment against the president.

After an abrupt end to a contentious day of debate, the panel reconvened Friday morning to pass the articles on party-line votes. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote next week.

Chairman Jerry Nadler unexpectedly called a halt for the night without consulting minority Republicans after hours of procedural combat toward the expected votes. GOP members were outraged.

The committee convened to mark up the legislation that the House would use to impeach President Trump, possibly by Christmas.

A panel of four constitutional law scholars put the allegations against Trump in a historical and legal context. Three of the professors supported impeachment. One opposed it.

The former top Russia official on the National Security Council detailed how the U.S. ambassador to the European Union was assigned a "domestic political errand" to help President Trump's reelection.

A Pentagon official said Ukraine asked about the military aid on July 25, the day the nations' leaders spoke. It has been assumed that Kyiv wasn't aware the funding was put on hold until much later.

Lawmakers heard from two witnesses called by Republicans, former Ukraine peace envoy Kurt Volker and former National Security Council aide Tim Morrison.

Marie Yovanovitch described a pressure campaign to oust her from Kyiv. President Trump tweeted negatively about her during her hearing; Rep. Adam Schiff called it "witness intimidation."

The State Department staffer who overheard a newly revealed phone call was then told the president cared more about looking into the Bidens than Ukraine policy, the House committee learned.