56 filings from 1 registrant · 2010–2024 · latest filed Oct 19, 2024
Reported on its behalf
$730K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$730K
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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.
Agriculture
AGR
23 filings
$570K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
22 filings
$500K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 58 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1149112th CongressTo amend the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include algae-based biofuel in the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.5 filingsthrough 2012
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: algae-biomass-organization.
BUD
22 filings
$170K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
20 filings
$560K 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.
112th Congress
Algae-Based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act of 2011
5 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1947113th CongressFederal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 20134 filingsthrough 2014
S. 954113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20134 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1564112th CongressRenewable Fuel Parity Act of 20114 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 4356117th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20223 filingsthrough 2021
H.R. 2960116th CongressMaking appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 2115th CongressAgriculture Improvement Act of 20183 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3266115th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 5895115th CongressEnergy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 20193 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1609115th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2975115th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20193 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1735114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20163 filingsthrough 2015
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.
K&L Gates, LLP
13 filingsthrough 2015
Steven Richards ValentineK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: General Counsel/LD, Sen Smith12 filingsthrough 2018
Nicholas LeibhamK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman12 filingsthrough 2016
Peter Vance NelsonK&L Gates, LLP9 filingsthrough 2018
Michael William EvansK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Chief Counsel Senate Finance Committee9 filingsthrough 2014
Bart GordonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman8 filingsthrough 2016
Grant W. CarlisleK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LA, Rep Shuler8 filingsthrough 2015
Scott AliferisK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: LD, Rep Upton7 filingsthrough 2015
Scott NelsonK&L Gates, LLP3 filingsthrough 2020
Slade GortonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Senator3 filingsthrough 2016
Kathleen NicholasK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Congressional and Public Affairs Intern, National Nuclear Security Administration; Staff Assistant, Senate Select Committee on Ethics3 filingsthrough 2016
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman3 filingsthrough 2015
Amy CarnevaleK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Control Policy, EOP2 filingsthrough 2015
Pamela GarvieK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2013
Chad SeeK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst, Sen Rockefeller2 filingsthrough 2012
Mary Burke BakerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Large Case Team Coordinator, IRS; Motor Vehicle Industry Specialist, IRS; Technical Advisor Mgr, IRS; Mgr, Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, IRS; Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Senate Finance Committee1 filingthrough 2015
Ginger NiemannK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: LA, Sen Brownback; Intern, Sen Roberts1 filingthrough 2012
