• Motor vehicle and truck safety legislation and regulations including "Commercial Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act", NHTSA and FMCSA regulations; DOE Advanced Motor Vehicle Loan Program; Auto TARP-related legislative issues.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to June 16, 2009

General Issues: Automotive Industry, Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Government Issues, Health Issues, Manufacturing, Roads/Highway, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Torts, Transportation, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Trucking/Shipping

Spending: about $480,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration