• S.3261, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Port issues. Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Great Lakes issues. S.3258/7324, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Army Corps issues.
• H.R.981/S.1683, Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2007, Harbor maintenance tax issues. H.R.1499, Short Sea Shipping Promotion Act of 2007, Harbor maintenance tax issues. S.3199, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax, Harbor maintenance tax issues.

Duration: April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $90,000 (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