• FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations bill - funding for first responders.
• FY 2009 Transportation, Treasury and HUD Appropriations bill - Funding for Community Development Block Grant program, Section 8; Eminent Domain; Foreclosures.
• FY 2009 Commerce, Justice, State appropriations legislation - law enforcement and criminal justice program funding; Anti-gang legislation.
• Energy and Environment Block Grant; Green Jobs.
• Infrastructure Investment; Smarter Growth and Transit Oriented Development.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Housing, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Telecommunications

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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Y Y