• S.500/H.R.1608, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009; H.R.1640, Interest Rate Reduction Act; S.566, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009; H.R.1214, Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009; S.582, Interest Rate Reduction Act; H.R.1846, C.L.E.A.R. Act; H.R.2309, Consumer Credit and Debt Act. S.257, Consumer Credit Fairness Act; H.R.2563, Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009; S.414, Credit CARD Act of 2009; H.R.4173, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009; Safe Affordable Loan Act (Kohl); Issues related to amending the Truth in Lending Act and the Regulation Reform Act.

Duration: March 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $300,000 (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