Senate Republicans are taking a break from their leadership discussions after roughly two hours of private talks about last week’s midterm losses and the party’s path forward, according to several GOP senators.

The senators plan to reconvene at 2 p.m. inside the Capitol, where they are expected to continue the process of electing their leaders. Before then, members will attend committee meetings and a conference lunch.

The conference has not yet voted on a request to delay the leadership election. If senators reject that request, the elections would proceed later Tuesday.

The break follows a closed-door discussion that focused on the party’s recent electoral losses as well as its next steps. For now, the timing of the leadership vote remains unsettled, with the outstanding request to postpone it still awaiting a decision.

Senators are expected to return to the question after their intervening meetings and lunch. The planned 2 p.m. gathering will bring the conference back together at the Capitol to resume its leadership deliberations.

If the delay request is rejected, Republicans would move ahead with the elections later in the day. Until the conference votes on that request, however, members have not settled whether the leadership contests will take place Tuesday or be postponed.

The discussions so far have been private, with several Republican senators providing the details of the recess and the plan to reconvene. Their account places both the midterm results and the party’s future direction at the center of the meeting before senators turn to the unresolved question of when to choose their leaders.