Fannie Mae filed an amended lobbying report last week that indicates the GSE’s total lobbying expenditures increased 15 percent – in spite of pledges by senior management to overhaul Fannie’s lobbying practices, eliminate the lobbying activities of its partnership offices, and cut the use of outside lobbyists. Overall, the company reported $10.08 million for external and internal lobbying costs in 2005, compared with $8.78 million in 2004. “The increase in the total is primarily the