Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
Raissa H DownsTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec for Leg.-HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg.-HSS; Staff Dir., Sub Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.57 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer B YoungTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Asst. Sec. for Leg.- HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff. Sen. Cmte. on Finance57 filingsthrough 2026
Darren WillcoxW Strategies, LLCCovered position: Asst. for Policy, Speaker Dennis HastertAdmin Asst; Leg Dir; Leg Asst, Congressman Porter GossHouse Rules Comm Assoc, Subcommittee Staff Direction
The filings
The 20 most recent of 309 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: abbvie-inc.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
TAX
115 filings
$80.1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
100 filings
$78M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
95 filings
$44.2M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
50 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
48 filings
$52.3M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
24 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
10 filings
$13.4M on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
1 filing
$1.3M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
1 filing
$630K on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
1 filing
$50K on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
114th Congress
Innovation Act
24 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3723113th CongressViral Hepatitis Testing Act of 201323 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.22 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1375118th CongressHELP Copays Act14 filingsthrough 2024
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
56 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth T MurrayTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Leg. Asst., Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Sen. Bob Graham52 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen ScangoAbbvie, Inc.51 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel BachnerAbbvie, Inc.Covered position: General Counsel (1/14-11/15): Office of Sen Chris Coons/Sen. Judiciary Cmte-Oversight Subcmte; Counsel (1/13-12/13): Office of Sen Chris Coons/Sen Judiciary Cmte-Bankruptcy Subcmte; Deputy Counsel (1/12-12/12): Office of Sen Chris Coons47 filingsthrough 2026
Charlotte Spears IvancicTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Counsel, Sen. Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Maj. Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Cmte.; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner47 filingsthrough 2026
Michelle P EastonTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin43 filingsthrough 2022
Pamela SmithTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Sen. HELP Cmte.; Staff Dir., Sen. HELP Cmte.; Counsel to Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice; Spec. Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept. of Justice; Counsel and LA, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun40 filingsthrough 2026
Emily H MurryTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Helath, Ways and Means Cmte; Sr. Policy Adivsor, Maj. Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Maj. Whip McCarthy; Prof. Staff, Republicans Study Cmte.; Leg. Aide, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price33 filingsthrough 2026
Paul BrathwaiteFederal Street Strategies, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, U.S. Department of Labor; Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.32 filingsthrough 2026
Chris JonesBaker & Hostetler LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Ferguson, 2001-2009; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. David McIntosh, 1995-2001; Communications Director, House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee, 1996-2001; Press Secretary, Rep. John Myers, 1994-199530 filingsthrough 2025
John P. FordAbbvie, Inc.Covered position: Sr.Counsel House Energy&Commerce Com 98-0830 filingsthrough 2018
Tyler ThompsonBaker & Hostetler LLPCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Johnny Isakson, 2005-2012; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, 2005-2005; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Zell Miller, 2002-2005.29 filingsthrough 2025
Adam HigginsBaker & Hostetler LLPCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Ferguson, 2007-2008.29 filingsthrough 2025
Michael D BoydAbbvie, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Kolbe26 filingsthrough 2016
Dorcas AdekunleAbbvie, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant (1/2015-9/2015), Senior Counsel (9/2015-5/2017) and Chief Counsel (5/2017-12/2018) for Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman; Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff (1/2019-11/2020) for Representative Susan Wild23 filingsthrough 2026
Mary PahnerThorn Run PartnersCovered position: Health Insurance Specialist, Ctrs. for Medicare/Medicaid Svc23 filingsthrough 2017
Billy WynneThorn Run PartnersCovered position: Health Policy Counsel, Senate Finance Committee23 filingsthrough 2017
Heather StrawnAbbvie, Inc.23 filingsthrough 2017
Andrew KaplanAbbvie, Inc.23 filingsthrough 2016
John CrumblissCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.22 filingsthrough 2026
Todd WebsterCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)22 filingsthrough 2026
John SandellCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Tax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady)22 filingsthrough 2026
Michael GoodmanCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow)22 filingsthrough 2026
Gary PalmquistThorn Run PartnersCovered position: LegDir-Dennis Cardoza,Bob Clement,Ken Bentsen21 filingsthrough 2017
Jessie Howe BrairtonThorn Run PartnersCovered position: SrLA/LA:CongL.Smith;LC,Asst:SenAgingComm21 filingsthrough 2017
Andrew JonesFederal Street Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Counsel, U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa; Legislative Director and Counsel, U.S. Representative Ben Ray Lujan18 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 69 of 88 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
