• Jobs with Justice continues to voice its support for the proposed changes to the companionship and live-in worker regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Jobs with Justice is actively engaging with the White House and Department of Health & Human Services in support of the White House Conference on Aging. Future legislative proposals: CAG is working on legislation for introduction that will create a state innovation grant to encourage states to develop long-term services and supports for individuals who require them.

Duration: July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2015

General Issues: Health Issues, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $300,000 (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 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)