• Federal support for small business access to capital and procurement.
• Support for Free Trade Agreements with Latin American countries.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Small Business, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Housing, Immigration

Spending: about $60,000 (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, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Y Y Senate and House Small Business Committee House Financial Services Committee Senate Banking Committee, Y Y Senate HELP Committee House Energy and Commerce Committee, Y, Y Y House Ways and Means Committee Senate Finance Committee, Y Y Senate and House Judiciary Committee