• funding for workforce development programs;
• reauthorization of WIOA; A Stronger Workforce for America Act
• S. 566/HR 3435 the Charitable Act
• pell grants

Duration: January 1, 2008 to October 1, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Welfare, Insurance, Veterans, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Computer Industry, Environmental/Superfund, Health Issues, Science/Technology, Medicare/Medicaid, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $3,650,000 (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, Education - Dept of, Employment & Training Administration, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)