The US House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on sending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, Democrats say.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats she would also name the House managers who will prosecute the case against Mr Trump in the Senate trial.
Mrs Pelosi has been withholding the articles of impeachment in a row with Republicans over allowing witnesses.
Mr Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House last month.
He is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
He denies trying to pressure Ukraine to open an investigation into his would-be Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden.
Mr Trump has been touting unsubstantiated corruption claims about Mr Biden and his son, Hunter, who accepted a lucrative board position with a Ukrainian energy firm while his father handled American-Ukraine relations as US vice-president.
The impeachment trial by the Senate will be only the third ever of a US president.
Mr Trump's fellow Republicans control the chamber 53-47, and are all but certain to acquit him.
What's the next step?
"The American people deserve the truth, and the Constitution demands a trial," said Mrs Pelosi, a California congresswoman, in a statement about Wednesday's vote.
Once the resolution is approved, the House managers will walk to the Senate and formally present the articles of impeachment in the well of the chamber, escorted by the sergeant-at-arms.
Senate leader Mitch McConnell is meeting behind closed doors with Republican senators on Tuesday to map out the ground rules.
The trial is set to begin in earnest next week and is expected to last up to five weeks, with the Senate taking only Sundays off.
The first few days will be taken up by housekeeping duties, possibly later this week. The articles of impeachment will be read out.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be sworn in to preside, and he will administer an oath to all 100 senators to deliver "impartial justice" as jurors.
Lawmakers will hear opening arguments as soon as next week.
The House managers will lay out their case against Mr Trump, and the president's legal team will respond.
What does President Trump say?
Mr Trump suggested over the weekend that he might prefer simply dismissing the charges rather than giving legitimacy to the "hoax" case against him.
But Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, who is part of the Senate leadership, said on Monday that the chamber does not have the votes to simply dismiss the charges.
Moderate Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah have made clear they would oppose any such motion.
White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said on Tuesday that the president is "not afraid of a fight" in his trial, and was eager for witnesses to testify that "this man did nothing wrong".
Will there be witnesses?
One of the biggest sticking points between House Democrats and Senate Republicans has been whether testimony will be allowed during the trial.
But the Senate leader has signalled he will postpone any vote on calling additiRead More – Source
