• Promoted the residential energy efficiency tax credit (Sec. 25(C)) for wood and pellet heaters. A tax credit for wood and pellet heaters helps homeowners purchase new, more efficient, and clean burning EPA-certified products. These new products are better for the environment than those of decades past. Supported legislative efforts to bolster and extend the Sec. 25(C) tax credit for wood and pellet heaters.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Clean Air & Water (Quality), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Indian/Native American Affairs, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Economics/Economic Development, Environmental/Superfund, Health Issues, Housing, Insurance, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Manufacturing, Small Business, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $1,874,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy - Dept of, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), U.S. Senate,, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS),, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)