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.
H.R. 3244115th CongressTo amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for other purposes.10 filingsthrough 2018
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: aetna-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.
58 filings
$33.4M on those filings
Insurance
INS
50 filings
$33.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
44 filings
$12M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
28 filings
$22.6M on those filings
Retirement
RET
12 filings
$10.3M on those filings
Torts
TOR
12 filings
$10.3M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
12 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Defense
DEF
1 filing
$1.6M 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.
115th Congress
Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act
10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 246115th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.9 filingsthrough 2018
H.Con.Res. 71115th CongressEstablishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027.8 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3168115th CongressSNP Reauthorization Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1850115th CongressProtecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act8 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1859115th CongressHealthcare Tax Relief Act8 filingsthrough 2018
S. 870115th CongressCreating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3244114th CongressProviding Innovative Care for Complex Cases Demonstration Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 879114th CongressAx the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 928114th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 30114th CongressForty Hours Is Full Time Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 763113th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2014
S. 603113th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act8 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.
31 filings
through 2018
Thomas A ScullyAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Administrator, Consultant, CMS; Counselor to the Dir., ; ; Dep. Ass't to the Pres., Dir. for Hum. Res. Vet's & Lab. ; ; Assoc. Dir. for Leg. Affairs, OMB30 filingsthrough 2017
James R. RicciutiAetna Inc.Covered position: None24 filingsthrough 2018
Christina NyquistAetna Inc.24 filingsthrough 2017
Peter RubinAetna Inc.Covered position: 2008-2010, Staff Dir., HELP Subc. on Retirement19 filingsthrough 2016
Molly SchildAetna Inc.Covered position: Senate Finance Comm (05-06); CMS Special Asst. (19 filingsthrough 2014
Carolyn E SmithAlston & Bird LLP18 filingsthrough 2016
Andrew D PatzmanAetna Inc.Covered position: 1/05-12/07, Sen. HELP16 filingsthrough 2017
Mark RayderAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Leg. Ass't Rep. R. Frelinghuysen16 filingsthrough 2015
Kristi RemingtonWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice; Senior Counsel, House Committee on Government Reform14 filingsthrough 2018
Ashley DavisWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to the Homeland Security Director, Executive Office of the President; Deputy Director of Management and Administration, Executive Office of the President14 filingsthrough 2018
Shimon SteinWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor; Program Manager, US Department of Justice; Legislative Correspondent, Senator John Ashcroft; Paid Intern, Representative Robert Aderholt14 filingsthrough 2018
Steven B KelmarAetna Inc.Covered position: 89-92, Asst. Sec., HHS; 93,COS, Rep. Molina14 filingsthrough 2012
Cynthia BrownWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Ron Kind13 filingsthrough 2018
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-200611 filingsthrough 2017
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, 201111 filingsthrough 2017
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 2007-1011 filingsthrough 2017
Douglas SchwartzCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 201411 filingsthrough 2017
Glen ChambersAetna Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Roy Blunt; Chief of Staff, Senator Sam Brownback; Legislative Director, Sen. Sam Brownback; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Sam Brownback; Correspondence Director, Sen. Sam Brownback; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Sam Brownback10 filingsthrough 2018
Gary LytleCgcn Group, LLC10 filingsthrough 2017
Amy WrenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Finance Director, Majority Leader Tom Delay 2003-2005; Congressional liaison, US Trade & Development Agency 2006-201010 filingsthrough 2017
Covered positions · 52 of 81 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
