• Energy & Water FY15 Appropriations Bill; Water Resources Development Act, National Flood Insurance Program; Hurricane Sandy Emergency Appropriations Legislation.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to January 5, 2015

General Issues: Environmental/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations, Natural Resources, Transportation, Banking

Spending: about $588,000 (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, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, White House Office,, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Access Board - Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)