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        <fullName>Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Stopping Criminal Trials for Guantanamo Terrorists Act of 2009 - Prohibits funding for prosecuting terrorists detained as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a criminal court in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia.</p>]]></text>
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