• H.R. 4137, College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 to amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs). S. 2894, Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2007 to establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans, and for other purposes.

Duration: February 8, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Education

Spending: about $10,000 (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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Y Y