• Legislation pertaining to government-sponsored housing enterprises, including HR 1427, the "Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007;" S 1100, the "Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2007;" and HR 3221, the "American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008." Energy efficiency standards for housing, including HR 6078, the "Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008."
• Legislation pertaining to government-sponsored housing enterprises, including HR 1427, the "Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007;" S 1100, the "Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2007;" and HR 3221, the "American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008."

Duration: March 1, 2007 to October 31, 2008

General Issues: Housing, Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $135,000 (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, U.S. Senate, Y Y