• H.R. 6151 Responsibility in Drug and Device Advertising Act of 2008; H.R.5605 Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2008; S. 334 Healthy Americans Act; S. 484 Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007; S. 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007; H.R. 1561 Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007; H.R. 2117 Health Freedom Protection Act ; S. 2311 Nonprescription Drug Modernization Act; H.R. 4083 Nonprescription Drug Modernization Act

Duration: November 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

General Issues: Advertising

Spending: about $10,000 (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, Senate, Y Y