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.
Jonathan TalismanCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Joint Comm. on Taxation Leg. Counsel54 filingsthrough 2026
Brian BallardBallard Partners40 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel McfaulBallard PartnersCovered position: Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Joe Scarborough; Chief of Staff to U.S. Representatives Jeff Miller and Matt Gaetz.40 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 223 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: amazon-com.
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.
TRD
61 filings
$3.7M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
49 filings
$2.9M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
45 filings
$4.4M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
36 filings
$2M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
32 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
27 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Small Business
SMB
24 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
18 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
17 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Postal
POS
17 filings
$890K 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
Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017
12 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2775114th CongressRemote Transactions Parity Act of 201512 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 684113th CongressMarketplace Fairness Act of 201312 filingsthrough 2014
S. 976115th CongressMarketplace Fairness Act of 201711 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1283114th CongressSongwriter Equity Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 869114th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to broaden the special rules for certain governmental plans under section 105(j) to include plans established by political subdivisions.9 filingsthrough 2016
S. 632114th CongressSTRONG Patents Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
S. 662114th CongressSongwriter Equity Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
S. 698114th CongressMarketplace Fairness Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2997115th Congress21st Century AIRR Act7 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1405115th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 20177 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1013113th CongressPatent Abuse Reduction Act of 20137 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.
Sylvester Lukis
Ballard Partners
37 filingsthrough 2025
Elizabeth W FrazeeTwinlogic Strategies, LLPCovered position: Legislative Counsel and Director to Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA), Press Secretary to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Press Secretary to former Rep. Tom Bliley35 filingsthrough 2018
Christopher JavensCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel, Sen. Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm.32 filingsthrough 2024
John BreauxSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: US Senator Jan. 1987-Jan. 2005; US Congressman, Sept. 30, 1972-January 3, 1987.23 filingsthrough 2018
Matthew CuttsSquire Patton Boggs23 filingsthrough 2018
Alyssa Gowens-BetzTwinlogic Strategies, LLPCovered position: Legislative Counsel to former Rep. Mel Watt21 filingsthrough 2016
Sharon RingleyTwinlogic Strategies, LLPCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher21 filingsthrough 2015
Sarah Elizabeth ShiveCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Senior Counsel, Sen. Debbie Stabenow Senior Counsel, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV Legislative Correspondent, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV20 filingsthrough 2026
Ed PaganoAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014; Dep Asst to the President for Leg ; ; Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14 ; ; CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005-11; Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, ; ; 1997-04; Leg Cnsl,Sen Leahy, 1993-9619 filingsthrough 2018
Michael E. DrobacMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director to Sen Coleman, 05-06; Sen Hutchison 03-05; Sen Smith 97-9918 filingsthrough 2020
Amanda ArmisteadMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)17 filingsthrough 2020
Gregory WaldenMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)17 filingsthrough 2020
RANDOLPH KARL HERNDON jrCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel, Sen. Pat Toomey; Policy Director/Tax Counsel, Rep. Jim Renacci15 filingsthrough 2023
Michael E. DrobacAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Coleman Leg Dir 05-06; Sen Hutchison 03-05; Sen ; ; Smith 97-9915 filingsthrough 2017
Trent LottSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: US Senator (19 yrs), US Representative (1 yr)15 filingsthrough 2016
Rebecca BennBallard PartnersCovered position: LA to Sen. Cochran, Senate Committee on Appropriations.13 filingsthrough 2020
Sean McleanOrigin Advocacy LLCCovered position: Associate Director, Executive Office of the President; White House Liaison, Dept of Commerce; Legislative Director/Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ted Cruz; Caseworker/Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Assistant/Policy Director/Leg.Director, Rep. Marsha Blackburn12 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah Dumont-MerchakTwinlogic Strategies, LLPCovered position: Senate Banking Committee professional staff member, Rep. Bill McCollum, senior banking associate, Rep. Bob Barr, deputy legislative director, House Banking and Financial Services staff member12 filingsthrough 2018
David SchnittgerSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: Dep. Chief of Staff, Speaker Boehner, 2006-2015; Press Secr., Rep. John Boehner 1994-2001; Communications Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce 2001-200511 filingsthrough 2018
Casey Mulcahy DugganMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Leg Corr, Rep. Patrick McHenry, May 15-Feb 16; Staff. Asst, Rep. McHenry, Dec 14-May 15; Int, Rep. Renee Ellmers, Sep-Dec 14.10 filingsthrough 2019
Debra DixonTwinlogic Strategies, LLPCovered position: Chief of staff to Rep. Xavier Becerra, legislative director to Rep. Becerra, legislative counsel to Rep. Becerra, chief of staff, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of Education, Immigration Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice10 filingsthrough 2018
Covered positions · 54 of 80 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
