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.53 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 Finance52 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 Tauzin
The filings
The 20 most recent of 152 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: advamed.
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.
MMM
75 filings
$4.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
44 filings
$2.8M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
17 filings
$510K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
10 filings
$600K on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
5 filings
$250K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
3 filings
$170K on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
2 filings
$120K 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.
113th Congress
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013
10 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 351113th CongressProtecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
S. 351113th CongressProtecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1346111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.9 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2356110th CongressTo amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.9 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2029110th CongressPhysician Payments Sunshine Act of 20079 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 184115th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 20188 filingsthrough 2018
S. 108115th CongressMedical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act8 filingsthrough 2018
S. 794115th CongressLocal Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
S. 870115th CongressCreating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
H.Con.Res. 27114th CongressEstablishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1021114th CongressProtecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
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.
41 filingsthrough 2018
Linda E TarplinTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Sp. Asst. to the Pres. for Leg. Affairs; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS30 filingsthrough 2015
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 Graham27 filingsthrough 2025
Evan M MigdailDla Piper LLP (US)23 filingsthrough 2017
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 Boehner22 filingsthrough 2025
Isaac A FordjourTarplin, Downs & Young, LLC21 filingsthrough 2014
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-Braun18 filingsthrough 2026
Steve ClarkCgcn Group, LLC18 filingsthrough 2023
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-200618 filingsthrough 2023
Jay CranfordCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007-Dec 2010; Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan 2011-May 1, 201118 filingsthrough 2023
Mike NielsenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001; Staff Director Subcommittee Financial Institutions 2002-06; Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2007-1018 filingsthrough 2023
John StipicevicCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014; Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-201518 filingsthrough 2023
Aaron L SzaboCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-201818 filingsthrough 2023
Alex RenjelCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-201314 filingsthrough 2023
Scott RiplingerCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (5) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller, 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo, 2005 - 2007.14 filingsthrough 2023
J MICHAEL HOGAN jrBlank Rome Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Peter Deutsch13 filingsthrough 2015
Charles M BrainCapitol Hill Strategies, LLCCovered position: Asst. to the President, Dp.Chief Staff W&M Cmte12 filingsthrough 2011
A. J. WojciakCapitol Hill Strategies, LLCCovered position: Senior Legislative Asst., Cong. Earl Pomeroy12 filingsthrough 2011
Peter FiseTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on Oversight & Government Reform11 filingsthrough 2026
Amber KirchhoeferCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff, Joint Economic Committee 2001-2002; Legislative Assistant, Policy Adviser, Senior Policy Adviser, Legislative Director - Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2002-2010; Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff - Sen. Pat Roberts 2011-202010 filingsthrough 2023
Parick Braerton CarrollTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg Asst. Rep. Ray LaHood, Leg Dir. Rep. Kevin Yoder, PSM Senate Appropriations Cmte.9 filingsthrough 2026
Tim PatakiCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (4) Assistant to the President, Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2019 - January 2021)9 filingsthrough 2023
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 Price8 filingsthrough 2025
Margaret JosephTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: CoS for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Bobby Bright, CoS for Rep. Jim Matheson, Clerk for House Rules Cmte.8 filingsthrough 2025
Laura FriedelTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Asst., Sen. Zell Miller, Leg. Dir., Sen. Richard Shelby, Clerk, Staff Dir., Sen. Appropriations Committee8 filingsthrough 2025
Norman BrownsteinBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP8 filingsthrough 2021
Covered positions · 47 of 64 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
