• Legislation and appropriations to support research and development of advanced automotive technology; consumer safety; Dodd-Frank implementation

Duration: June 1, 2009 to March 31, 2017

General Issues: Automotive Industry, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $1,000,000 (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, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Defense - Dept of (DOD), House of Representatives,, Energy - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Magna International (Aurora, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%