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Gephardt Questions Public Financing Reversals

By Amy Keller
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 18, 2003, Midnight

With two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination already rejecting public financing, Rep. Richard Gephardt (Mo.) has asked the Federal Election Commission to weigh in on whether a candidate may agree to participate in the system and later “opt out” without facing penalties.

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