Story highlights House GOP members traditionally vote on top leadership positions the week following the election

Ryan faces intense blowback after he said he would no longer defend Donald Trump

Washington (CNN) In a renewed push that could put House Speaker Paul Ryan in a political jam, conservatives in the House are circulating a letter urging Republican leaders to delay the election that will determine whether Ryan keeps his gavel in the next Congress.

House GOP members traditionally vote on top leadership positions the week following the election, but a bloc of members are arguing that vote shouldn't happen until December, after Congress deals with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and addresses other business.

"We really should delay those leadership races for further on in December, or at least late November, to give all the newly elected members of Congress the chance to get to know people," North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows told CNN in a phone interview on Friday.

Members of the Freedom Caucus are reaching out to other factions inside the GOP conference in an effort to demonstrate broader support across the ideological spectrum for postponing the vote, which is slated for mid-November, barely a week after Congress returns and digests the results of the presidential race.

Ryan faces intense blowback after he told House GOP members he would no longer defend Donald Trump following the release of the video tapes that captured the billionaire businessman making vulgar statements about women in 2005.

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