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.
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: aerovironment-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.
AVI
51 filings
$2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
23 filings
$810K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
22 filings
$960K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
13 filings
$670K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
13 filings
$520K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
8 filings
$330K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
5 filings
$200K on those filings
Aerospace
AER
4 filings
$340K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
4 filings
$330K on those filings
Veterans
VET
1 filing
$30K 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.
110th Congress
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008
8 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2572119th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20267 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 1111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1617110th CongressFuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence On the Mid-East (FREEDOM) Act of 20076 filingsthrough 2008
S. 3125110th CongressEnergy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 20086 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 500112th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit.5 filingsthrough 2012
S. 232112th CongressA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit.5 filingsthrough 2012
S. 739112th CongressA bill to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net cost to the Federal Government.5 filingsthrough 2012
S. 3495111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3838119th CongressStreamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20264 filingsthrough 2025
S. 2296119th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20264 filingsthrough 2025
H.R. 2397113th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20144 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Van Heuvelen Strategies, LLC
Covered position: Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
19 filingsthrough 2017
Valerie WestVan Heuvelen Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation14 filingsthrough 2017
H Stewart Van ScoyocVan Scoyoc Associates14 filingsthrough 2012
Anissa RognessVan Heuvelen Strategies, LLCCovered position: Dir. of Economic Development to Senator Conrad14 filingsthrough 2012
Rashid HallawayVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Evan Bayh12 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin YoderVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Intern, Rep. Jerry Moran; Special Asst, Office of Counternarcotics, U.S. Dept of Defense12 filingsthrough 2026
Hamilton BloomVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Minority Staff Director/Clerk, Majority Staff Director/Clerk, Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Richard Shelby12 filingsthrough 2026
Gregory NickersonThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Staff Dir., Ways&Means Subcom. on Select Reven.12 filingsthrough 2012
Brian GlackinBrian Glackin & Associates LLCCovered position: Fellow, Sen. Cochran11 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer DionneThe Dionne CompanyCovered position: 2001-2004 US Senate - assistant to Sen. Mikulski 2005-2006 Base Realignment and Closure Commision-Senate Liaison10 filingsthrough 2026
Joe KasperErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: US Dept. Homeland Security: Depty. Asst. Secy (2020), Office of the Secy of Defense: Special Asst (2017-2020); Rep. Duncan Hunter: Chief of Staff (2014-2017); LD/Communications Dir (2008-9); Communications Dir. (2004-2008); LA (2003-2004)10 filingsthrough 2024
David Adam HeitlingerThe Dionne CompanyCovered position: 2013-2023 U.S. House of Representatives Leg Dir. Sen. Leg Assistant, Leg Assit, Leg.Corresp.Assit, Rep. Ruppersberger9 filingsthrough 2026
Chad SchumacherAerovironment, Inc.8 filingsthrough 2024
Will BrewsterVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Senator Richard Shelby7 filingsthrough 2026
William PenningtonAerovironment, Inc.7 filingsthrough 2025
Church HuttonAerovironment, Inc.Covered position: yes7 filingsthrough 2024
Jan FowlerThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Staff Assistant; Rep. McCrery7 filingsthrough 2012
Noushin JahanianThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Policy Advisor, Senate Democratic Policy Comm.6 filingsthrough 2011
STUART MANLY JONES jrVan Scoyoc Associates6 filingsthrough 2009
Jennifer M DionneAtlantic Strategies Group LLCCovered position: 2001-2004 US Senate- assistant to Sen. Mikulski 2005-2006 Base Realignment and Closure Commission-Senate Liaison5 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 31 of 44 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
