Ep. 2: GOP Troubles Are Just Beginning – Roll Call

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Ep. 2: GOP Troubles Are Just Beginning

The Week Ahead

By CQ Staff

Posted April 29, 2016 at 4:48pm

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Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg explains why down-ballot Republican candidates could be in trouble because of Donald Trump’s frontrunner status. Also, CQ Roll Call’s budget reporter Kellie Mejdrich on Republican inability to pass a budget and legal affairs writer Todd Ruger on the Supreme Court looking to define a line between political corruption and official duty.

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