• Airline industry consolidation and competitiveness. Energy market speculation. S.3131, Oil Speculation Control Act of 2008 H.R.6341, Energy Markets Anti-Manipulation and Integrity Restoration Act H.R.6330, Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008S.3122, Policing United States Oil Commodities Markets Act of 2008 S.3183, End Oil Speculation Act of 2008 S.2505, A bill to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.
• Slot allocation and congestion management issues S.3150, Access to Air Travel Act H.R.6299, To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the FAA from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airportsS.2505, A bill to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to rollover such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.

Duration: February 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008

General Issues: Transportation, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $245,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP)