• Tax issues in regards to energy and carried interest; H.R. 1935, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act - carried interest provision; American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010; H.R. 5893 Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act

Duration: January 2, 2009 to September 30, 2010

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $280,000 (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, U.S. Senate,, Treasury - Dept of