• Transportation and Urban DevelopmentAppropriations Act 2009; Department of Defense Appropriations 2009; Energy and Water Development Appropriations 2009; Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 2009; Funding for health education and equipment, construction, and electronic medical recordsTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 2009 - Related to programs providing programmatic & equipment needs

Duration: April 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $70,000 (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