• H.R. 3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R. 2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007; H. Report 110-497 Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2764) S. 3001/H.R. 5658, Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 H Con Res 312/ S Con Res 70, FY 2009 Budget Resolution; H Con Res 442 FY Defense Authorization

Duration: April 23, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Education

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.

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