• H.R. 1762/S. 373, to faciliate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported from the United States. H.R. 6049, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, provision related to coal excise tax refund. S. 3125, Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008, provision related to coal excise tax refund.H.R. 1424, A bill to provide authority to the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets, provision related to Coal Excise Tax Refund.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $100,000 (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