• Contacted the offices of Senator Casey, Senator Toomey, Congressman Doyle, Congressman Murphy, Congressman Kelly, and Congressman Altmire regarding the U.S. Department of HHS recent adoption of a recommendation by the Institute of Medicine mandating that all group and individual health insurance plans provide coverage for FDA-approved contraceptives.
• Contacted the offices of Senator Pat Toomey and Senator Bob Casey regarding the University's support of Senate Bill 1297. "A bill to preserve State and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the definition of credit hour."

Duration: January 11, 2010 to October 1, 2012

General Issues: Health Issues, Education, Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

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 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate