• Reform of the Universal Service Fund

Duration: October 17, 2008 to April 1, 2016

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Energy/Nuclear, Telecommunications, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Retirement, Bankruptcy, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Economics/Economic Development, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Housing, Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, Torts

Spending: about $115,000 (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: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), House of Representatives, Senate, U.S. Senate,, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)