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And so, you know, the moon of money that's -- amount of money that's involved for public funding is miniscule in terms of the whole federal budget. something well worth the expense for the public. >> reporter: representative cole's legislation passed the house by a vote of 239-160, largely along party lines. it faces a tougher battle in the democratically controlled senate and president obama says he opposes it. fewer and fewer americans are opting to check off the box on their tax forms saying they want money from the treasury to go finance presidential races, only 7.3% in 2010, down from 28....