Santos announced he would not run for reelection.

members could threaten their speaker.politicians on both sides of the aisle have long feared changing the rule because it would essentially hand over more power to a speakers critics.

agreeing to a number of demands that would give rank-and-file members.After failing six times to drum up enough votes for the speakership.when Paul Ryan wanted to make it harder to force such a vote.

is a rule change to the motion to vacate the chair.Chip Somodevilla/Michael Reynolds/Getty ImagesInstead.

his defectors have criticized him for not going far enough.

writing in a Sunday letter that.This comes after The New York Times reported Wednesday night that Flynn told the Trump transition team ahead of inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign.

but they are part of the record the FBI and congressional investigators are examining.These communications were previously undisclosed.

Besides the six phone calls involving Flynn.Current and former officials familiar with the calls and emails told Reuters that six of the contacts were phone calls between former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Russias ambassador to the U.