• S.3686, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2011, Education initiatives. Public Law 111-242, Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2011, Education initiatives. Public Law 111-290, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, Education initiatives Public Law 111-317, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, Education initiatives Public Law 111-322, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, FY2011, Education initiatives
• S.3686, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2011, Education initiatives.

Duration: February 1, 2009 to January 1, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education

Spending: about $120,000 (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