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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Science/Technology
SCI
28 filings
$4.6M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
28 filings
$4.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.2 filingsthrough 2025
S. 146119th CongressTAKE IT DOWN Act1 filingthrough 2025
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.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
David Paul PelusoKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant - Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-FL12 filingsthrough 2026
Mj KennyKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Deputy Floor Director, Floor Assistant - Office of the Senate Democratic Whip; Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent - Senator Richard J. Durbin , D-IL12 filingsthrough 2026
Adam HechavarriaKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director - Sen.Todd Young,R-IN;Legislative Director-Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH; Budget Analyst-Senate Budget Committee; Legislative Asst,Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Asst,Correspondence Asst-Sen. John E. Sununu,R-NH12 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 28 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: americans-for-responsible-innovation.
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.
23 filings
$4.2M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
6 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
5 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
3 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
3 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
3 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
1 filing
$330K on those filings
Defense
DEF
1 filing
$80K 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.
Douglass CalidasAmericans for Responsible InnovationCovered position: Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, and Senior Economic Adviser, Senator Amy Klobuchar; Chief Counsel, and Legislative Counsel, Senator Joe Manchin; Investigator, and Legislative Fellow, Senate Finance Committee11 filingsthrough 2026
Lisa KountoupesKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Deputy Asst to the President & House Liaison,Special Asst to the President for Legislative Affairs,Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB,Special Asst to Undersecretary,Dept of Energy,Policy Advisor to Chairman of Energy&Commerce Committee10 filingsthrough 2025
Rick DearbornMindset Advocacy, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, President Donald Trump6 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary K OstroMindset Advocacy, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Robin Kelly6 filingsthrough 2026
Mitchell KominskyAmericans for Responsible InnovationCovered position: Counsel, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (Jan 2009 - April 2014), Policy Counsel; Senate Republican Policy Committee (April 2014 - July 2016); Associate Director for Strategic initiative, Technology Policy, USDOT June 2019 - Jan 20216 filingsthrough 2026
Satya ThallamAmericans for Responsible InnovationCovered position: Senior Counselor, White House Office of Management and Budget; Chief Economist, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs6 filingsthrough 2025
Scott WeathersAmericans for Responsible InnovationCovered position: Energy and Environment Policy Advisor, Rep. Diana DeGette (July 2024-February 2025), Legislative Assistant; Rep. Julia Brownley (June 2023-July 2024); Legislative Fellow, Rep. Matthew Cartwright (February 2023-June 2024)5 filingsthrough 2026
Annika OlsonAmericans for Responsible Innovation4 filingsthrough 2026
Philmore B AndersonNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)4 filingsthrough 2024
Andy KeiserNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Rogers (MI)4 filingsthrough 2024
Ryan BergerNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Sen. Joni Ernst; Legislative Director, Sen. Jeff Chiesa; Special Policy Advisor, Sen. Bob Corker; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep. Steven LaTourette4 filingsthrough 2024
Clayton Patrick HayesKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN; Staff Director - Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee.4 filingsthrough 2024
Sarah KesselAmericans for Responsible InnovationCovered position: Professional Staff Member - Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources3 filingsthrough 2026
Evan SarnorAmericans for Responsible Innovation3 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah (Beatty) RogersNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Meehan; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Conaway; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Randy Forbes; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Curt Weldon2 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 16 of 20 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
