The US House of Representatives will vote to elect a new speaker. Currently, the Republican candidate for Speaker is Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic candidate is House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The House has been in a state of uncertainty since McCarthy stepped down. The vacancy in the Speaker position has brought the House to a halt, and the House must complete work on a number of appropriation bills by a mid-November deadline or face the prospect of another "shutdown" of the government.