• State Department policy and activities regarding the legal dispute in El Salvador between McDonalds Corporation and its former franshisee Servipronto and visa issues relating to this dispute.

Duration: March 6, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Foreign Relations, Government Issues, Immigration, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $0 (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:

Related Foreign Entities: Roberto Bukele (Local C-10, ESA); contribution to lobbying: $40000; ownership 100%