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.
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-college-of-emergency-physicians.
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.
DIS
62 filings
$32.4M on those filings
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ALC
56 filings
$28.8M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
53 filings
$27.3M on those filings
Education
EDU
51 filings
$25.8M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
50 filings
$24.9M on those filings
Insurance
INS
42 filings
$21.8M on those filings
Torts
TOR
40 filings
$21.5M on those filings
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
FIR
38 filings
$18.9M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
35 filings
$18.2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
33 filings
$16.9M 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.
119th Congress
Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
11 filingsthrough 2026
S. 1895116th CongressLower Health Care Costs Act10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1179113th CongressImproving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1263113th CongressExcellence in Mental Health Act10 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 235113th CongressVeteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 351113th CongressProtecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 36113th CongressHealth Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 809113th CongressField EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
S. 264113th CongressExcellence in Mental Health Act10 filingsthrough 2014
S. 265113th CongressCommunity-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act10 filingsthrough 2014
S. 328113th CongressStrengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act10 filingsthrough 2014
S. 351113th CongressProtecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 201310 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.
Susan RamthunHart Health StrategiesCovered position: Senator Bill Frist40 filingsthrough 2018
Ryan McbrideAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Congressional Affairs Director36 filingsthrough 2026
Laura WoosterAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Practice Affairs36 filingsthrough 2026
Gordon B WheelerAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Associate Executive Director, Public Affairs & Washington DC Office35 filingsthrough 2017
Ann JablonCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Richard Neal.28 filingsthrough 2026
Timothy YehlHart Health StrategiesCovered position: Senator Frank Lautenberg; Congressman Frank Pallone19 filingsthrough 2014
Aaron CohenCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff & Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Ensign; Legislative Aide, Sen. Richard Bryan; Legislative Corresp., Sen. Richard Bryan.17 filingsthrough 2023
Fred EssisAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Congressional Lobbyist16 filingsthrough 2026
Jill OpenshawAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Congressional Affairs Manager15 filingsthrough 2017
Jeffrey CarrollCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Staff Director House Energy and Commerce Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Director, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Frank Pallone.13 filingsthrough 2026
John MartinCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Principal Associate Commissioner, FDA; Legislative Director, Sen. Tom Cotton; Legislative Assistant; Sen. Tom Cotton; Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Cotton.13 filingsthrough 2026
Luke HatzisCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: LD & LA, Cong. Peter Roskam; Republican Clerk, House Rules Committee; Legislative Aide, House Republican Conference; Floor Assistant, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert.8 filingsthrough 2026
Robert Hunt BradnerHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Counsel, Rep. John Porter7 filingsthrough 2019
Miranda FrancoHolland & Knight LLP7 filingsthrough 2019
Lisa HawkeHolland & Knight LLP7 filingsthrough 2019
Nick BouknightCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Deputy Chief of Staff/ Communications Dir., Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Press Sec., Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Press Sec., Rep. Bill Thomas; Deputy Press Sec., Ways and Means Cmte.; Press Asst., Ways and Means Cmte.6 filingsthrough 2024
Jamie Julian MillerAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansCovered position: Congressional Affairs Manager6 filingsthrough 2013
Charles Patrick MichaelsCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Schweikert; Staff Assistant, Rep. Ted Budd; Intern, Senator James DeMint.5 filingsthrough 2026
Matthew DuckworthHart Health Strategies5 filingsthrough 2018
Richard PriceHart Health Strategies5 filingsthrough 2009
Karen StoneCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Office of former Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) [Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, 2005; Senior Legislative Assistant, 2005-2009] Office of Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) [Legislative Director, 2009-2010].3 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 23 of 32 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
