• Project funding authorization in Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) H.R. 1495 and related appropriations in the FY09 Energy and Water appropriations bills (S. 3258).
• Appropriations earmark funding for projects under the following FY09 appropriations bills: Energy and Water (S.3258), THUD (S. 3251), Commerce/Justice (S. 3182), Labor/HHS (S. 3230).
• Brownfields project and funding initiatives, including issues involved in assessment and remediation of a particular site in the City.
• Legislation addressing the housing crisis and the increase in mortgage foreclosures, including H.R. 3221; H.R. 5818.
• H.R. 3359, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007.

Duration: April 1, 2006 to September 15, 2008

General Issues: Urban Development/Municipalities, Budget/Appropriations, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Housing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $60,000 (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 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)