The House voted along party lines Thursday to approve a resolution that lays out the next steps in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump — moving the investigation that so far has largely unfolded behind closed doors out into the open.

The final vote was 232 for the resolution, including one independent member of Congress, with 196 against, including all Republicans. Two House Democrats voted against the measure — Rep. Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey and Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota.

The stage was set for a full House vote on the procedures after members of the House Rules Committee on Wednesday evening finalized the resolution that sets the groundwork for public hearings, handling of testimony and the calling of witnesses.

The investigation, since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the inquiry last month, has been happening behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, where members of a number of House panels have been interviewing witnesses.

Republicans have objected to the secret hearings, saying they are being deprived of fully participating in the inquiry and claiming Democrats are leaking testimony that bolsters their allegations against Trump.

Democrats says Trump abused his power when he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to begin an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The July 25 phone call between the two leaders was revealed in a whistleblower’s complaint that surfaced in August.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blasted the resolution as a “sham process.”

“Trying to put a ribbon on the sham process doesn’t make it any less of a sham,” Jordan said.

He blasted Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, for his handling of the impeachment process so far in closed-door hearings.

“What does this resolution do? Gives him even more power to run this secret proceeding in the bunker in the basement of the Capitol,” Jordan said.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said this impeachment is the latest in the Democrats’ “bizarre obsession with overturning the results of the last presidential election.”

“Nevertheless, after spending three years trying to manufacture a crime they can attribute to President Trump, they’ve come up empty,” Nunes said. “First they insisted the president is a Russian agent. Then they claim he’s a money launderer and a tax cheat and fraudulent businessman.

“And now they decided they don’t like the way he talks to foreign leaders, but they have no evidence and no argument to support impeachment.”