GOP hear from candidates as pressure mounts to pick Speaker: Live coverage

by The Hill staff - 10/10/23 4:09 PM ET

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, confers with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., as Republican members of the House Second Amendment Caucus meet with reporters as they criticize a series of Democratic measures to curb gun violence in the wake of the mass shootings at a school in Uvalde, Texas, and a grocery in Buffalo, N.Y., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans are set to hear Tuesday from the two declared candidates for Speaker: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

Neither Scalise nor Jordan — nor former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who on Monday left the door open to a second bid — has emerged as a clear front-runner.

The Tuesday evening forum comes as the GOP enters a critical stretch, during which the conference must select a nominee and hold a Speaker election on the House floor — all while eyeing a fast-approaching funding deadline and war in Israel.

Follow along with live updates below.

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