• Draft Transportation Reauthorization Bill, funding for highway projects for City. Issues relating to the Department of Transportation's Tiger II and Tiger III competitive grants. Grants for Streetscapes part of Swift Blvd. redevelopment project; and agency grants for Duportail Bridge Project.
• Mid Columbia Energy Initiative with Department of Energy; Seeking approval of energy park designation and funding through Department of Energy.
• Seeking grant assistance for Wine Science Center small business incubator, through HUD-EDI program; and Economic Development Administration. (EDA)

Duration: November 1, 2007 to January 31, 2012

General Issues: Transportation, Energy/Nuclear, Economics/Economic Development, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Utilities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Education

Spending: about $330,000 (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, Senate, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Energy, Dept of, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Y Y