The Lions, with the first overall selection in the draft, agreed to a 6-year, $78 million deal with $41.7 million guaranteed with Stafford a day before the draft officially started. By agreeing to the deal, Stafford had already been chosen as the first overall pick in the draft.n the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a bid to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player.
Mitch McConnell is not actively pulling back from Donald Trump, but he is counseling individual senators how to proceed. McConnell goes underground on Trump. Unlike Paul Ryan, the Senate GOP leader is keeping a low profile as the nominee's campaign nosedives.
WASHINGTON â The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch is now going to the Senate floor. The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, has pledged to lead Democrats in a filibuster of the nomination. If he does, the majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has vowed to change Senate rules to clear the way for Judge Gorsuch. The potential showdown has raised interest in the peculiar Senate filibuster rule.