• Making appropriations for Science, Department of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 1, Department of Justice, all provisions related to funding for local police departments' communications infrastructure.Making appropriations for Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 1, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Program, all provisions related to funding for local governments. Makings appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, all provisions related to funding for local drug treatment programs for local governments. Making appropriations for Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 2, Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribual Assistance Grants, all provisions related to environmental restoration needs for local governments. Water Resources Development Act, provisions related to extension of water withdrawal contract between City and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Water Resources, language to clarify legal status Sandy Creek in Western Tennessee. Recovery from damage caused by national disaster.
• Making appropriations for Science, Department of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 15, Title 1, Department of Justice, all provisions related to funding for local police departments' communications infrastructure. Assistance with Southern Bypass Project.Making appropriations for Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 1, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Program, all provisions related to funding for local governments. Water Resources Development Act, provisions related to extension of water withdrawal contract between City and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Water Resources, language to clarify legal status Sandy Creek in Western Tennessee. Passage of MAP-21 and implementation.
• Making appropriations for Science, Department of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 1, Department of Justice, all provisions related to funding for local police departments' communications infrastructure.Making appropriations for Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 1, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Program, all provisions related to funding for local governments. Makings appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, all provisions related to funding for local drug treatment programs for local governments. Making appropriations for Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for fiscal years ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, Title 2, Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribual Assistance Grants, all provisions related to environmental restoration needs for local governments.
• Assistance with Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) claim for reimbursement.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to April 1, 2014

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Urban Development/Municipalities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Housing

Spending: about $450,000 (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, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHA)