• Advocated for the Mortgage Choice Act (HR 685) to exclude title insurance from the definition of "points and fees" in the Truth in Lending Act and expand access to mortgage credit for low- and moderate income consumers. Sought inclusion of HR 685 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ( HR 2029).

Duration: January 16, 2012 to January 31, 2016

General Issues: Housing

Spending: about $410,000 (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