• House and Senate FY 12 Energy and Water Development Appropriations, funds for water supply project. (H.R. 2354 and S.3635) Rural Development Grant through the US Department of Agriculture. Water Resources Development Act: Authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to participate in the Cudjoe Regional Wastewater Project.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $410,000 (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, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Y Y