• Acting as pro bono counsel on behalf of the families of the non-American victims of September 11, to lobby for passage of the September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act, which would provide permanent legal residency status to the undocumented spouses and children of immigrants and foriegn nationals who, as the families of individuals who perished in the September 11, 2001 attacks, were deemed beneficiaries of and by the federal Victim Compensation Fund.

Duration: December 1, 2006 to May 1, 2009

General Issues: Foreign Relations, Government Issues, Homeland Security, Immigration

Spending: about $0 (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 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate