WASHINGTON: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will not use emergency powers to immediately reconvene the chamber this week as the House moves forward with its vote on President Donald Trump's impeachment, his spokesman said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on impeaching Trump following last week's riot in the U.S. Capitol, and House Democratic leaders have said they could send it to the Senate as soon as this week.