House Republicans have paused a vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt as attorneys for the president’s son have begun negotiations with the House Oversight Committee for him to sit for a closed-door deposition.

The House Rules Committee has pulled consideration of a contempt resolution for now, with Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) saying in a statement that if conversations between the House Oversight Committee and Hunter Biden’s lawyers are not successful, the committee may reconvene this week on the matter.

“I understand that conversations between Mr. Biden’s attorneys and the Oversight and Judiciary committees are ongoing, and we will not meet tonight on this matter while discussions about his compliance remain open. However, should those conversations not prove successful, the Rules Committee may reconvene this week to consider those reports,” Cole said at the hearing.

Hunter Biden was first subpoenaed in November to sit for a deposition in December as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, but he defied the subpoena and did not sit for his deposition and instead read a statement to the media outside the Capitol saying he would only testify in a public hearing.