33 filings from 1 registrant · 2008–2017 · latest filed Oct 12, 2017
Reported on its behalf
$1.7M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.7M
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.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
33 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
23 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Transportation
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 21 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
S. 761113th CongressEnergy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 20136 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 6110th CongressEnergy Independence and Security Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
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-institute-of-architects-aia.
TRA
7 filings
$370K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
7 filings
$280K on those filings
Defense
DEF
5 filings
$300K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
3 filings
$160K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
2 filings
$90K 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.
114th Congress
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015
3 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2012114th CongressEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4435113th CongressHoward P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20153 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3221111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3221110th CongressHousing and Economic Recovery Act of 20083 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 6049110th CongressEnergy Improvement and Extension Act of 20083 filingsthrough 2008
S. 1946114th CongressTax Relief Extension Act of 20152 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 5325112th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20132 filingsthrough 2012
S. 2465112th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20132 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.
Mary Burke BakerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Sen Fin Comm15 filingsthrough 2017
Steven Richards ValentineK&L Gates, LLP14 filingsthrough 2017
William KirkK&L Gates, LLP10 filingsthrough 2016
Patrick G HeckK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Oversight Subcomm, House Ways & Means10 filingsthrough 2012
Tim PeckinpaughK&L Gates, LLP9 filingsthrough 2017
Nicholas LeibhamK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Senior Aide/Special Assistant, Rep Abercrombie; Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman6 filingsthrough 2016
Steven MccainK&L Gates, LLP6 filingsthrough 2015
Dennis PotterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LC, Senator Gramm5 filingsthrough 2017
Peter Vance NelsonK&L Gates, LLP5 filingsthrough 2017
Pamela GarvieK&L Gates, LLP5 filingsthrough 2015
Slade GortonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Senator4 filingsthrough 2016
Amy CarnevaleK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Control Policy, EOP4 filingsthrough 2015
W Dennis StephensK&L Gates, LLP4 filingsthrough 2008
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman3 filingsthrough 2017
Chad SeeK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst, Senators Murray and Rockefeller3 filingsthrough 2012
