The vote is scheduled for Thursday.

The panel will also vote to subpoena documents related to the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy on migrants entering the country illegally, which led to the separation of thousands of children from their parents in 2018. The quest for information comes amid intensified outcry over the treatment of children held in migrant detention centers, and a debate over the humanitarian crisis caused by an influx of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States.

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“We will get answers one way or the other,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.

A little more than four months ago, Nadler’s committee cast a wide net for documents from an array of 80 individuals and entities, seeking information on a range of inquiries into Trump’s administration, campaign, business and personal finances.

The president has decried House Democrats’ probes as “harassment,” has refused to comply with their requests and has urged associates to ignore subpoenas. In June, Democrats voted to allow committees to file lawsuits against those who defy congressional subpoenas.

“Today’s latest effort to relitigate the special counsel’s investigation remains unimpressive and unproductive. Mr. Mueller’s team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas and concluded that no Americans conspired with Russia. Even if Chairman Nadler still believes subpoenas are conversation starters, it’s hard to imagine this handful of subpoenas will do anything but reinforce the principal conclusions we’ve been able to read about for months.” Rep. Douglas A. Collins (Ga.), the top Republican on the panel, said in a statement.

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Congressional Democrats and the White House are at a standoff, with Democrats escalating their efforts to conduct oversight of the president and the White House digging in on its contention that their demands are unlawful. The resistance has boosted the push for impeachment, and about 80 Democrats are calling for proceedings to begin.

The committee is scheduled to received testimony next week from former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who led the nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to the Trump campaign.