• HR 4912, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of prepaid derivative contracts: prepaid derivatives, taxation. HR 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008: bankruptcy, mortgage assistance, municipal bonds.
• HR 3609, Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007: entire bill; HR 3915, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007: entire bill; HR 3010, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007: entire bill; S 1782, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007: entire bill.
• HR 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007: entire bill. S 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007: entire bill.
• HR 878, Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2007: cost basis reporting, financial institutions. S 601, Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2007: cost basis reporting, financial institutions. S 1219, Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2007: entire bill. S 1133, Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act: entire bill.

Duration: April 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008

General Issues: Banking, Housing, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $210,000 (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