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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
35 filings
$8.1M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
15 filings
$5.9M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 20 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 3378115th CongressEnsuring Access to Air Ambulance Services Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 822114th CongressTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.8 filingsthrough 2016
Matt HawkinsAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Intern for Rep McCaul. Jul-Aug 12; staff assist, leg Corrspndnt for Rep Carter, Sep 12-Dec 1326 filingsthrough 2020
Hans C RickhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld24 filingsthrough 2020
John GillilandAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Intl trade cnsl, S Fin Comm, Feb 03-Jan 05; leg asst to Sen Lincoln, Jun 01-Feb 0323 filingsthrough 2020
The filings
The 20 most recent of 40 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: air-evac-lifeteam.
12 filings
$6.7M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
11 filings
$660K 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.
S. 2812115th CongressAir Ambulance Consumer Protection Act4 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1149114th CongressA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.4 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 266116th CongressPaycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act3 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2079117th CongressEliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 20212 filingsthrough 2021
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.
Christopher Armstrong TreanorAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Pol Analyst, Energy & Env, H Energy & Commerce Comm
16 filingsthrough 2022
Zachary PaulsenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Intl trd asst for pol, S Fin Comm, 2002-0516 filingsthrough 2017
Gordon Hunter BatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99.14 filingsthrough 2020
Daniel GraverAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg asst, Rep Giffords, 2007-08; leg aide, Rep Grijalva, 2005.13 filingsthrough 2022
Louis AgnelloAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Snr Cnsl, Joint Econ Committee, Mar 17-Nov 17; Leg cnsl, Sen Heinrich, Apr 14-Mar 17; Leg Asst, Rep Doris Matsui, Dec 11-Apr 14; Leg Asst, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 09-Aug 09; Research Analyst, Senate Small Business Committee, Jun 07-Aug 0813 filingsthrough 2022
Julie NolanAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Dep.CoS and LD, Nov.17-Nov. 18; LD, Nov.16-17; LA Oct. 15-16 to Rep. Patrick Meehan; Staff Asst, Sen. Richard Lugar Jan. 06-Jan. 07.12 filingsthrough 2022
Ryan ThompsonAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Press Secy, Dep Press Secy to Sen Inhofe10 filingsthrough 2020
Sam OlswangerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg staff, Rep Webster, Jan 11-Jun 11; intrn, Rep Blackburn, Sep 08-Dec 089 filingsthrough 2021
Geoff VerhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Press aide, ofc of Sen Roth, Nov 00-Jan 01; press aide, S Fin Comm, Aug 99-Nov 008 filingsthrough 2021
Conner William BraceAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Int., House Rep. Study Committee, May 14-Sep 14; staff Asst., House Maj. Whip Steve Scalise, Sep 14-Jun 16; Leg. Aide, Rep. Steven Palazzo, Jun 16-Feb175 filingsthrough 2018
JAMES TUCKER jrAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg cnsl to Rep Northup, 1999; leg cnsl to Rep Inglis, 1997-99; legal intern to Spkr Gingrich, 19965 filingsthrough 2017
Matthew HittleAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff Asst, H Comm W&M May, 11-Jan. 12; Sr Staff Asst, H Comm W&M, Jan 12-May 12; Leg Asst, H Comm on W&M Ovrst Subcom, May 12-Feb 15; Sr Leg Asst, Rep Noem, Feb. 15-March 17; LD, Rep. Noem, March 17-Dec 18; Sr Advisr to Administr, CMS, Dec 18-Dec 204 filingsthrough 2021
Jeff McmillenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 014 filingsthrough 2020
Brendan DunnAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff Mbr and Leg Asst to Sen Hatch Judiciary Comm and Sub-Comm, Apr04-May07, Aug07-May08; Special Counsel to Sen Hatch Fin Comm, Jan 11-Dec 12; Policy Adv and Counsel to Sen McConnell Majority Leader staff, Dec 12-May18.4 filingsthrough 2020
Zachary RudisillAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Portman, Jun 14-May 18, Tax Counsel; Rep. Dave Reichert, Jul 12-Jun 14,Legslat Directr/Tax Counsl; House Ways Means Comm, Dec 10-Jul 12; Rep. Dave Camp, Legislative Assist; House Ways and Means Comm.Aug. 10-Nov. 10,Rep Dave Camp, Intern4 filingsthrough 2020
CHARLIE W JOHNSON ivAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld4 filingsthrough 2020
Caryn Dyson LesterAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Prof staff mbr to Sen Breaux, 2003-04; Intrn to Sen Mikulski, 19994 filingsthrough 2020
Hal Scott ShapiroAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sr advsr for intl econ affairs & sr cnslr to dir, WH nat'l ; ; econ cncl, 2000; assc gen cnsl, USTR,/ 1996-984 filingsthrough 2014
Karen Goldmeier GreenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Cnsl to Rep Robert Matsui, Aug 95-Feb 983 filingsthrough 2020
Ryan EllisAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld3 filingsthrough 2020
Galen RoehlAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: LC, Sen. Brownback, Apr. 04-Dec. 04; LA/Sen Jud. Comm, 05-08; Snr Pol Adsr, Sen Judiciary Comm, 08-10; LD, Rep. Connie Mack, Aug 10-Feb 11; Prof Staff Mmbr, Sen Pat Tommey/ Sen Commerce Comm, 2011-13; Plcy Anlst, Sen Republican Policy Comm, 2013-14.3 filingsthrough 2020
Casey Christine HigginsAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Asst to Spkr for Policy and Trade Cnsl, Paul Ryan, Nov 15-Jan 19; Trade Cncl to House Ways & Means, Jan 15-Nov 15; LC to Rep. Paul Ryan, Oct 11-Jan 15; Law Clrk House Budget Comm, Sep 09-May 10.3 filingsthrough 2020
Covered positions · 32 of 42 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
