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        <fullName>Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Loser Pays Legal Fee Fairness Act - States that whenever federal law provides a basis on which a court may award attorney's fees to one prevailing party, the court may award such fees to any prevailing party on that basis, except where the law permits the award of such fees only to the United States.</p>]]></text>
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