• S 1395, Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act of 2007: entire bill. HR 5546, Credit Card Interchange Fees: banking. No specific bill number: Bear Sterns merger.
• S 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007: patent reform. HR 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007: patent reform.
• S 2191, America's Climate Security Act of 2007: climate change.
• S 1219, Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2007: entire bill. S 1133, Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act: entire bill.

Duration: January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Banking, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Insurance

Spending: about $240,000 (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