• HR 5850 and S. 3644, Department of Transportation, Treasury and HUD, Judiciary, DC and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 2011 - seeking funding for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the City of Atlanta; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2011 - seeking funding for water and wastewater infrastructure; S. 3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act 2011 - seeking funding for water and wastewater infrastructure improvement forthe City of Atlanta; monitor water and environmental issues; monitor tri-state water issues with Georgia congressional delegation.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to February 1, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $560,000 (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