The Senate Friday voted to usher in the end of President Trump’s impeachment trial by rejecting a motion to call for additional witnesses and documents.

Two Republicans joined 47 Democrats to vote in favor of calling for the additional evidence. The motion fell short by two votes, ending the case House impeachment managers have been presenting for the past two weeks.

The Senate now moves into the final phase of the trial, which could last a few days longer to allow senators to deliberate and give speeches before holding final votes.

Senators will conclude the trial by voting on two articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Trump’s acquittal is all but guaranteed. Conviction on either of the articles requires 67 votes. Republicans control 53 votes and most or all are expected to vote against removing the president from office.

The vote on witnesses followed a two-day proceeding in which senators asked impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team questions in writing.

On Friday, the managers and Trump’s lawyers presented final arguments.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and one of the impeachment managers, argued a last time to convince Republicans to call for witnesses.

Democrats accuse Trump of improperly withholding security aid from Ukraine to pressure the government to investigate Democratic Party officials and former Vice President Joe Biden.

They want the Senate to agree to subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton, who, according to leaked passages from his upcoming book, said Trump told him he wanted to withhold the aid until Ukraine agreed to the investigations.

Schiff argued that not calling Biden and other witnesses would lead people to conclude the trial was not fair, even if the president is acquitted.

“Rob this country of a fair trial, and there can be no representation that the verdict has any meaning," Schiff said. "How could it if the result is baked into the process?”

Trump’s deputy White House counsel Patrick Philbin argued that the House managers presented a case that stemmed from “a half baked, slap-dash process” that fell far short of proving impeachable offenses.

He pointed out that the House impeachment investigation included 17 witnesses whose testimony was provided to the Senate, as well as 28,000 pages of documents.

Asking the Senate to bring in new witnesses would set a dangerous precedent, he said, including a delay that would stop the Senate from holding a swift trial.

“We heard from a lot of witnesses in the proceedings so far,” Philbin said. “You’ve got all of those transcripts, so you can see those witnesses’ testimony there. You’ve got a lot of evidence already.”

Republicans secured the votes to avoid new witnesses and to move to the end of the trial after Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, announced she would stick with her party on the vote.

Murkowski said in a statement that she did not want be the lawmaker who forced Chief Justice John Roberts to decide whether to break a tie vote that would have resulted if she voted with Democrats.

She also opposed the partisan nature of the impeachment process and said adding new witnesses would just extend it.

“Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate,” Murkowski said. “I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything.”

Senate Democrats are now formulating motions that could extend the trial, including a call for open deliberations that provide senators with 10 minutes each to offer a statement about the case.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said there is no accord with the GOP leadership on timing the final votes on impeachment.

He's been meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, to try to work out a deal that allows senators to speak on the floor about the case for a day or two, but in a proceeding that does not require every senator to attend.

“We are going to use whatever power we have to prevent it from being rushed through,” Schumer said. “Right now, we have no agreement.”

Earlier Friday, Schumer warned that if Republicans reject witnesses, Trump would never truly be acquitted of charges.

“There will be a permanent asterisk next to the acquittal of President Trump, written in permanent ink,” Schumer said.

Republican in both chambers were eager to move on from the impeachment process.

They argued the charges were partisan and stemmed from the Democrats’ disapproval of the president and his agenda.

Republicans pointed out that the House called 17 witnesses to testify in closed-door interviews and at open hearings.

Democrats would want to continue calling new witnesses, Republicans said, in order to drag out the trial for weeks or months.

“The Democrats would never stop,” Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and a member of Trump’s defense team, said Friday. “They’d want someone else because they’d want to keep going after this president.”