• H.R.1521, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009; S.2668/H.R.5450, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F; H.R.1521,Cell Tax Moratorium; Increased Choice for Wireless Consumers; Universal Service Reform Act of 2009 (Boucher/Terry); S.144/H.R.690, Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009; Issues related to telecommunications; the Google/You Tube Lawsuit; general copyright and content issues; net neutrality issues.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009

General Issues: Telecommunications

Spending: about $480,000 (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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Y Y