• Energy policy, as it relates to deployment of renewable resources; Commercial refrigeration policy.
• Health care reform implementation issues; Regulatory developments, including value-based design issues as they related to preventative care.
• Implementation of food safety legislation; Front of package labeling implementation; Implementation of menu labeling for standard menu items; FDA funding issues.
• Tax reform and tax extenders issues, including issues relating to the charitable deduction for food inventory and proposals to eliminate LIFO.
• US budget and its impact on the business community.

Duration: February 2, 2009 to July 1, 2013

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Health Issues, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,560,000 (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, Treasury - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, U.S. Senate,