• Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2009, Title II, targeted funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2009; targeted funding through the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband program.H.Con.Res.312/S.Con.Res.70 - Budget resolution FY2009

Duration: February 1, 2007 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $40,000 (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 Department of Health and Human Services