• S.3800, Department of Defense Appropriations, FY2011, Defense funding issues. S.3454/H.R.5136, National Defense Authorization Act, FY2011, General monitoring. Public Law 111-242, Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2011, Defense funding issues. Public Law 111-290, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, Defense funding issues. Public Law 111-317, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, Defense funding issues. Public Law 111-322, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, FY2011, Defense funding issues.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2010

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $320,000 (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