• Issues related to the oversight of commodity markets including natural gas, gasoline and crude oil. Market integrity issues; ensuring market transparency and liquidity aren't compromised. Issues affecting the status of self-regulatory organizations under CFTC jurisdiction.
• Issues relating to the integrity of commodities markets
• Regulation of energy futures markets

Duration: January 1, 2008 to August 21, 2008

General Issues: Commodities (Big Ticket), Agriculture, Energy/Nuclear, Banking, Bankruptcy, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $30,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)