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.
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: american-chemistry-council.
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.
TRA
205 filings
$216.4M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
180 filings
$216M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
141 filings
$9.7M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
140 filings
$193.4M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
73 filings
$206.9M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
53 filings
$10.6M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
47 filings
$130.6M on those filings
Railroads
RRR
37 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
32 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Utilities
UTI
26 filings
$3.2M 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.
113th Congress
Chemical Safety Improvement Act
24 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1380112th CongressNew Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 201124 filingsthrough 2012
S. 697114th CongressFrank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act22 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.19 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1195118th CongressChemical Tax Repeal Act18 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 624113th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act17 filingsthrough 2014
S. 21113th CongressCybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 201317 filingsthrough 2014
S. 821114th CongressBPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act16 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 908112th CongressFull Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act16 filingsthrough 2012
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.
through 2026
Gordon TaylorOgr71 filingsthrough 2026
Dean AguillenOgrCovered position: Advr, Pelosi; Dir Intgvt Aff, Labor; LA, Sandlin66 filingsthrough 2026
Booth JamesonAmerican Chemistry CouncilCovered position: U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle (DE), 1993-200066 filingsthrough 2026
Calvin DooleyAmerican Chemistry CouncilCovered position: Member, US House of Representatives, 1991-200447 filingsthrough 2019
Sarah BrozenaAmerican Chemistry Council45 filingsthrough 2020
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist;
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health;
Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health; Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources;
Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy;
Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz42 filingsthrough 2026
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren;
Director of Congressional Relations, FTC;
Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore;
Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum42 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee;
Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg;
Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer;
Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett42 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy;
General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference42 filingsthrough 2026
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means;
Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means;
Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means;
Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp42 filingsthrough 2026
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means;
Policy Director, White House;
Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House);; Policy Advisor, Rep. Rahm Emanuel;
Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy42 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee;
Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay;
Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers;
Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula;; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks;
Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers;
Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee;
Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster42 filingsthrough 2026
Karl KochHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: 12/02-1/07 Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim Davis39 filingsthrough 2026
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats;
Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg;
General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole38 filingsthrough 2025
Owen A KeanAmerican Chemistry Council37 filingsthrough 2021
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee34 filingsthrough 2026
Christina FranzAmerican Chemistry Council34 filingsthrough 2019
Diane L SchumacherSchumacher Partners International, LLC33 filingsthrough 2018
Randal P SchumacherSchumacher Partners International, LLC33 filingsthrough 2018
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill32 filingsthrough 2026
Karissa WillhiteOgrCovered position: Dep. Chief of Staff, Sen. Robert Menendez; Dep. Exec Director/ Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus; Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Robert Menendez31 filingsthrough 2026
Dimitrios KarakitsosHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Staff Assistant; Research Assistant; Professional Staff; Counsel, Senior Counsel, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee31 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen ElkinsAmerican Chemistry Council31 filingsthrough 2016
Covered positions · 143 of 245 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
