• Proposals impacting the low-income housing credit. Proposals relating to low income housing tax credit modernization. Proposals related to refundability of low-income housing tax credits in connection with economic stimulus legislation including, H.R. 1/ s. 1., The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. H. R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Home Act.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $170,000 (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, U.S. Senate, Y Y