• Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, S.9, S.1348SKIL Act of 2007, HR 1930, S. 1083FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20 FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20 FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20 FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD
• Sowing the Seeds through Science and Engineering Research Act of 2007, HR 363 America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act (S 761); 21st Century Competitiveness Act, HR 2272; 10,000 Teachers - 1 Million Minds Act, HR 362; National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007, HR 1867; Green Energy Education Act of 2007, HR 1716; Energy Research Act of 2007, S.696; Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Act, HR 364FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20The War Garden Victorious -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardening e-book: War Gardens, Victory Gardens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every Garden a Munition Plant" THIS POSTER, USED IN 1918, AND WITH DIFFERENT SLOGANS IN 1919, WAS POPULAR WHEREVER IT APPEARED AND DID MUCH TO EXTEND THE WAR GARDEN MOVEMENT THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS CHAPTER I HOW THE NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION CAME INTO BEING The Need of Making Every Garden a Munition Plant The war garden was a war-time necessity. This was true because war conditions made it essential that food should be raised where it had not been produced in peace times, with labor not engaged in agricultural work and not taken from any other industry, and in places where it made no demand upon the railroads already overwhelmed with transportation burdens. The knowledge that the world faced a deficit in food, that there existed an emergency which could be met only by the raising of more food, was apparent to every well-informed and thinking man and woman during the early months of 1917. The author, wishing, as every patriot wished, to do a war work which was actually necessary, which was essentially practical, and which would most certainly aid in making the war successful, conceived the idea in March, 1917, of inspiring the people of the United States to plant war gardens in order to increase the supply of food without the use of land already cultivated, of labor already engaged in agricultural work, of time devoted to other necessary occupations, and of transportation facilities which were already inadequate to the demands made upon them. In March, therefore, some weeks before the United States entered the war, he organized for this work a commission known as the National War Garden Commission. What were the causes which led to the worlds lack of food and the need of a largely increased production by the United States to prevent world starvation? When the drums sounded the call to the colors in the summer of 1914, three million Frenchmen shouldered their rifles and marched away from a large proportion of the five million farms of France; and mostly there were one-man farms. Russia, a nation almost wholly agricultural, mobilized perhaps eight millions of men. All the men of fighting age in Belgium were summoned to the army. England, possessing only a contemptible little arm, straightway began a recruiting campaign which within a few years swelled the ranks of her military forces to five millions. Germany called out here entire fighting force of military age, an army of several millions. Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey likewise mobilized their full fighting forces. Altogether, twenty or thirty million men were called away from their usual pursuits. The vocation of the majority of them was farming. Thus, at one stroke, practically all the farms in the embattled nations were swept clear of male workers. At the same time the harvests were maturing or already ripe for the sickle; and over these laden acres swept the millions of soldiers, trampling, burning and destroying vast stores of food. In Belgium and France on the west front, and in Hungary, East Prussia, and Russia on the east, thousands upon thousands of crop-bearing acres were devastated and laid waste. In a few short weeks this was the situation: the food supply was largely decreased, vast areas of farming land were rendered unproductive, and the farms were practically stripped of their accustomed tillers. The worlds food supply was thrown entirely out of balance. Ordinarily the food-supply system was as nicely adjusted as the parts of a watch. Production was balanced against consumption. Given markets were supplied from given sources. 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• Pension Protection Act of 2006 Technical Corrections, S. 190; Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007, S.819, HR 1419; Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2007, S.851, HR 2902; IRS proposed revisions to Form 990 FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952
• Patent Reform Act of 2007, HR 1908, S. 1145FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952
• Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, S. 1FY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952
• Executive Order 13211; Actions Concerning Regulations that Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution or Use, Comments on the Initial Findings and Draft Recommendations fo the Task Force on Improving the National Environmental Policy Act and Task Force on Updating the National Environmental Policy Act, S. 2429; U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperative Initiative, S. 2557, Oil and GAs Industry Antitrust Act of 2006, H.R. 5429 American Made Energy and Good Jobs Act, H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule ActS.2429, a bill to waive certain provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India. H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act H.R. 5386, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 H.R. 5427, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007 H.R. 5429, American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act S. 2253, To require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasingFY07 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture HR 3161, S 1859; Science /Justice/Commerce HR3903, S 1745 Defense HR 3222; Energy & Water HR2641, S 1757; Financial Services, HR 2829; Homeland Security HR 2638, S 1644; State/Foreign Operations HR2764; Interior & Environment HR2643, S 1696 Labor/HHS/Education HR3043 S1710; Transportation/HUD HR3074, S. 1789; Budget Resolution FY08-H. Con. Res. 99; S. Con. Res. 21; FY 2007 Supplemental, HR 2206, HR 2207, HR 1591, S. 965; FY2007 Joint Funding Resolution, H.J.Res.20Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952Internet Freedom Preservation Act (Net Neutrality), S.215; Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007, HR 1689; S2686, Communications Act of 2006 Docket No. 04-295; RM-10865; FCC 06-56, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CC Docket No. 96-45, Universal Service Fee Proposed Rule Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24952

Duration: August 5, 2008 to August 31, 2008

General Issues: Immigration, Science/Technology, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Government Issues, Energy/Nuclear, Accounting

Spending: about $25,000 (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, African Development Foundation, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense Investigative Service (DIS), Employment & Training Administration, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Legal Services Corporation, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Panama Canal Commission, Railroad Retirement Board, State - Dept of (DOS), Trade & Development Agency (TDA), U.S. Forest Service, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), White House Office