• Issues related to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; private equity; derivatives legislation; energy; SEC/CFTC regulations; FDIC financial institution regulatory issues; placement agent regulatory issues; regulatory reform; tax reform initiatives; taxation of carried interest and publicly traded partnerships; the President's FY2013 budget. Issues pertaining to business holdings.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $16,680,000 (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, Treasury - Dept of, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury - Dept of,, White House Office,, White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL),, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Y Y Department of the Treasury Executive Office of the President