• Assist with funding to steady, cure and prevent cancer and chronic debilitating diseases.
• Assist with funding to study, cure and prevent cancer and chronic debilitating diseases.
• Project requests for research funding in H.R. 3326, FY2010 Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture Appropriations bills, H.R. 2997, Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; and S. 1406, An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Duration: February 9, 2009 to January 1, 2010

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

Spending: about $60,000 (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 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense - Dept of (DOD)