On Friday, minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that the five Republican lawmakers who oppose the congressman from becoming House speaker still are not budging from their stances.

“We’re still continuing to talk, but they have not moved,” said McCarthy.

On Jan. 3, McCarthy’s House speaker nomination will go to a floor vote, coinciding with the Republican-controlled Congress seizing control of the chamber.

According to preliminary estimates, McCarthy is shy of just five votes of securing the House speaker position.

The five reported holdouts on the GOP side: Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Matt Rosendale of Montana, and Bob Good of Virginia.

On Thursday, Axios reported the Biggs-Gaetz-Norman-Rosendale-Good coalition plans to vote as a unit next month, regarding the House speaker race.

“We all operate as five. … We come as five, so we’re going to agree on all [of the concessions we need],” Norman told Axios Wednesday.

House Republicans only have a 9-seat advantage going into next year which doesn’t leave McCarthy with much breathing room to overcome the absence of the Biggs coalition vote, Newsmax reported.