Problem Solvers Caucus co-chair Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick explains Republicans' frustration with Democratic colleagues for refusing to help the party'buy some time' to come to an agreement to secure McCarthy's speakership. The likely candidates for House speaker are crisscrossing their way across the GOP conference Friday to make their case for the top job. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla., are pitching themselves to lead the House of Representatives, which is run by a highly fractured House GOP majority. Scalise made his case to the pragmatic and business-minded Main Street Caucus late Friday morning, Fox News Digital was told. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, left, and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, center, are running for House Speaker.