Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac maintained their reputations as being among the top players on Capitol Hill through the first half of 2004 – laying out a record $11.7 million for lobbying efforts. According to Political MoneyLine, a nonprofit that tracks corporate spending in Washington, D.C., Fannie and Freddie were among the top 20 organizations in the country when it came to lobbying expenditures. A total of $1.06 billion was spent during that period by…