• Appropriations for National Cancer Institute, CDC Ovarian Cancer Programs, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for Ovarian Cancer; 21st Century Cures; Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests;

Duration: January 1, 2008 to January 15, 2016

General Issues: Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, House of Representatives, Senate, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA)