• Advocacy on behalf of HR 4008, the Credit and Debit Receipt Clarification Act, a technical correction to USC 1681 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, clarifying that failure to redact the expiration date from a credit card receipt is not a willful violation.

Duration: February 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008

General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $75,000 (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

Affiliated organizations: overstock.com; The Vitamin Shoppe; Longs Drug Stores Corporation; Supervalue Inc.; Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.; Boscov's Department Stores, LLC; Food Marketing Institute