• FY11 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill funding for highway improvements (Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Program); FY11 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill, Army Corps of Engineers funding for seismic remediation project (Construction); FY11 Agriculture Appropriations bill funding for technical assistance on water infrastructure needs (Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Circuit Rider Program); FY11 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill funding for drug enforcement on federal lands (Department of Interior, National Forest System Law Enforcement Operations); FY11 Commerce, Justice Science, Appropriations bill funding for gang prevention (Department of Justice, Byrne Discretionary Grants)
• Seeking funding in Highway Reauthorization bill

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 19, 2010

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $200,000 (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, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office, U.S. Senate,