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.
Chris MeridaAmerican Express Company69 filingsthrough 2026
Amy Best WeissAmerican Express Company55 filingsthrough 2026
Holly Nichols LassAmerican Express CompanyCovered position: U.S. House of Representatives; Executive Office of the President, The White House45 filingsthrough 2026
Brett LoperAmerican Express Company Deputy Chief of Staff, House Speaker John Boehner
The filings
The 20 most recent of 169 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: american-express-company.
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.
FIN
50 filings
$19.9M on those filings
Postal
POS
33 filings
$18.3M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
33 filings
$12.3M on those filings
Small Business
SMB
31 filings
$13.1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
29 filings
$14.3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
21 filings
$8M on those filings
Advertising
ADV
18 filings
$10.1M on those filings
Travel/Tourism
TOU
11 filings
$7.6M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
9 filings
$4.4M on those filings
Education
EDU
6 filings
$3M 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.
117th Congress
Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021
13 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5244110th CongressCredit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 200813 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1586111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2155115th CongressEconomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act10 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2030112th CongressPrepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 201110 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1083111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1897111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1944111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 22111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
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.
Covered position:
40 filingsthrough 2022
David MorganAmerican Express Company39 filingsthrough 2016
John A AndersonRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Crapo; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Metcalf.38 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas KoonceRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Brad Miller; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Stephen Neal.32 filingsthrough 2026
Jared Cody SawyerRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department; Senior Counsel, Senate Banking Committee; Professional Staff Member, House Financial Services Committee.31 filingsthrough 2026
Valerie Morse WhiteValerie Morse White ConsultingCovered position: N/A28 filingsthrough 2015
ROBERT THOMSON iiiAmerican Express Company25 filingsthrough 2013
Arne ChristensonAmerican Express Company24 filingsthrough 2012
Ben HarneyRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Deputy Staff Director, House Oversight Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney16 filingsthrough 2026
Shani Rosenstock SchianoAmerican Express CompanyCovered position: US Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Cte Professional Staff Member 05/2020-09/2021, US House of Representatives Republican Cloakroom Intern 06/2015-07/2015, US House of Representatives Intern for Speaker John A Boehner 08/2014-05/201516 filingsthrough 2026
William Frederick QuinnAmerican Express Company16 filingsthrough 2010
Matthew KelloggRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Deputy Asst Sec for Leg Affairs, US Treasury (Mar 2017-2018) Sr Policy Adviser and Counsel, House Majority Ldr McCarthy (Sept 2015-Mar 2017) Leg Asst, Rep Tom Reed (Nov 2010-Nov 2011)14 filingsthrough 2026
Justin SokRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Sr Advisor Leg Affairs, US Treasury (June 2018 - January 2020); Legislative Director Rep Jason Smith (2013-2018)13 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew OlmemVenable LLPCovered position: U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Chief Counsel, Senior Counsel, Counsel; Senator George Voinovich, Counsel11 filingsthrough 2017
Amanda SlaterRich Feuer AndersonCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Tom Carper; Deputy Legislative Director, Rep. Ed Perlmutter; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ellen Tauscher10 filingsthrough 2022
Geoffrey C GradlerMckinnon Group, LLC9 filingsthrough 2012
Jonathan R ParetMckinnon Group, LLC9 filingsthrough 2012
Richard Y RobertsMckinnon Group, LLC9 filingsthrough 2012
Kate ChildressAmerican Capitol GroupCovered position: N/A6 filingsthrough 2009
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, Intern.5 filingsthrough 2026
