• FY 2010 Defense Appropriations legislation; FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriation Legislation
• National Defense Authorization Act; FY2010 Defense Appropriations Legislation; FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation

Duration: January 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Defense

Spending: about $80,000 (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: Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, Defense - Dept of (DOD),Health and Human Services - Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Office of Management and Budget (OMB),House of Representatives,U.S. Senate,, Defense - Dept of (DOD),Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Office of Management and Budget (OMB),House of Representatives,U.S. Senate,, Department of Defense (DOD),Department of Homeland Security,Health and Human Services,House of Representatives,National Institute of Health,Office of Management and Budget (OMB),Senate,, Department of Defense (DOD),Department of Homeland Security,House of Representatives,National Institute of Health,Office of Management and Budget (OMB),Senate,