Republican lawmakers are choosing their leaders for the next Congress on Tuesday, confronting a struggle over the party’s direction after midterm losses handed Democrats their largest majorities in decades and delivered a rebuke to President Donald Trump.

The House and Senate GOP will hold separate leadership contests as Republicans prepare to navigate the final two years of Trump’s administration from a weakened position on Capitol Hill.

In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to step aside has opened a contest between Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan for the top Republican post. Members will hear from candidates at a 9 a.m. forum before voting by secret ballot beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Jordan is presenting himself as an agent of change, criticizing Johnson and Scalise for having too often “operated without a clear plan to survive the hour or the day in front of us.” Scalise is leaning on his fundraising experience and longstanding relationships with colleagues to counter calls for a clean slate.

Senate Republicans also meet at 9 a.m. Leader John Thune appears positioned to win another term, although a handful of senators, including Ron Johnson, want to delay the election to allow more deliberation. Senior Republicans expect that effort to fail and a leader to be chosen by day’s end. In 2022, 16 Senate Republicans backed a similar delay before Mitch McConnell won his final term as leader.

Thune told POLITICO on Monday that senators would have room to discuss the election results. “The job is not for the faint of heart, for sure,” he said, adding that the party must consider “a slightly new direction.”

Republicans are also showing signs of tension with Trump over Nvidia. Senior GOP lawmakers are considering an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy, despite the president’s defense of Huang. House committee chairs have requested a closed-door briefing with him next week.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan energy permitting bill cleared an initial Senate hurdle Monday with support from nearly all Republicans and more than a dozen Democrats. Negotiators promised a “healthy amendment process,” as Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Catherine Cortez Masto pressed for changes.