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-optometric-association.
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.
65 filings
$26.9M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
51 filings
$14.6M on those filings
Education
EDU
41 filings
$13.1M on those filings
Insurance
INS
40 filings
$14.1M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
34 filings
$5.5M on those filings
Advertising
ADV
22 filings
$8M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
9 filings
$3.8M on those filings
Defense
DEF
9 filings
$2.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
7 filings
$3.7M on those filings
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ALC
7 filings
$2.7M 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.
S. 10118th CongressVA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2079117th CongressEliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1393116th CongressMedicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
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
David L HorneDavid L. Horne, LLCCovered position: CoS Rick Lazio, HUD;Sr. Counsel FinServ Comm64 filingsthrough 2026
Michael R DuenasAmerican Optometric Association45 filingsthrough 2021
Justin M BrownThe Nimitz Group LLCCovered position: Staff Director, House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs; Staff Director, House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity; Staff Assistant, Rep. Joe Sestak42 filingsthrough 2026
Julie L TruteAmerican Optometric Association33 filingsthrough 2017
Alicia Kerry J. MicaAmerican Optometric Association30 filingsthrough 2016
Doug SchwartzHillnorth LLCCovered position: ​COS, Office of Asst Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy, 2003-04 Associate Director, Office of Cabinet Affairs, The White House, 2004-05 Chief of Staff, Office of Under Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy, 2005-09; Policy Director/Counsel, Office of Conference Chairman 2009; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Rep. Policy Committee 2009-10; Staff Director, Senate Rep. Policy Committee 2010-12; COS, Senate Rep. Conference 2012-14.29 filingsthrough 2026
Jeff MackinnonFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (RTexas)24 filingsthrough 2021
Jeffery C. MortierFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte, LA Rep Whitfield and Intern Devin Nunes24 filingsthrough 2021
Edward WhitfieldFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Member of Congress (KY 01), 21 yrs.16 filingsthrough 2021
Michaeleen Earle CrowellS-3 GroupCovered position: Leg Director, Rep. Denise Majette; Leg Director, Rep. John Lewis; Chief of Staff, US Sen. Bernie Sanders15 filingsthrough 2026
Olivia KurtzS-3 GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Leg Director, Dep Leg Director, Sr Leg Asst, US Sen Susan Collins; Dep Staff Dir, Sen Special Comm on Aging; Leg Director, Sr Leg Asst, Leg Asst, Exec Asst, Rep Mike Castle15 filingsthrough 2026
Jose CeballosS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Dept of Transportation; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Dept of Transportation; Confidential Assistant, Office of the Secretary, Business Liaison, Dept of Commerce15 filingsthrough 2026
Martin ReiserS-3 GroupCovered position: Policy Director, Republican Whip Steve Scalise, professional staff House Ways and Means Committee, Chief of Staff, Rep. Dan Miller, Budget Associate, House Budget Committee15 filingsthrough 2026
Joseph V VasapoliFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE15 filingsthrough 2018
Michael LongS-3 GroupCovered position: Director of Member Services, Senior Advisor for SpeakerNancy Pelosi; Dep. Floor Director and Advisor, Dem Leader Nancy Pelosi; Special Asst and Staff Asst for Speaker Nancy Pelosi13 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 56 of 93 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
