Democrats have taken issue with two provisions in particular: Under the rules proposal, both House managers and Trump's legal team get 24 hours to present their case, but unlike the 1999 Clinton trial the time would have to be used within a two day span.

Another provision would not admit House evidence into the record until after the Senate has an initial vote on witnesses and documents. That vote will not take place until after opening arguments and senators get to ask questions in writing.

Schumer declined to provide details on what votes Democrats will force, or how many, telling reporters to "wait and see" but that they didn't want to be "dilatory."

The first vote Democrats will force, according to Schumer, is to try to compel the White House to hand over documents related to the Ukraine aid that is at the heart of the impeachment effort.

"No one can argue that these documents are not directly related. ... People should understand that the documents can shed as much light on why the aid was cut off, who did it," Schumer said.