The new settlement is not a give-away to health interests, who were excluded from the settlement talks.

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The FEC was sued because it earlier dismissed a similar complaint filed by the excluded candidates, who argued that the commission is a partisan group designed to further the interests of Democrats and Republicans.

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Interestingly, while staff from the Commerce Department have been involved extensively in the construction of the American Trade Consortium umbrella agreement, the U.S. national security community has been totally excluded from its review -- despite the obvious potential implications for U.S. foreign and defense interests that might arise from such an undertaking.

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