79 filings from 11 registrants · 2009–2015 · latest filed Jan 18, 2016
Reported on its behalf
$15.3M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$11.5M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3.8M
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.
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: americas-natural-gas-alliance.
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.
34 filings
$5.3M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
30 filings
$5.1M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
25 filings
$3.7M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
19 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
9 filings
$3M on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
9 filings
$3M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
9 filings
$3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
9 filings
$3M on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
8 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
6 filings
$1.9M 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.
8 filings
through 2010
H.R. 1582113th CongressEnergy Consumers Relief Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2513113th CongressFracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act7 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2728113th CongressProtecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act7 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2850113th CongressEPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act7 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3301113th CongressNorth American Energy Infrastructure Act7 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3826113th CongressElectricity Security and Affordability Act7 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 641113th CongressNational Guard State Partnership Program Enhancement Act7 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1103113th CongressLNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 20137 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.
through 2015
Regina HopperAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance13 filingsthrough 2013
Tom AmontreeAmerica'S Natural Gas AllianceCovered position: Press Secretary, U.S. Department of AgricultureCommunications Director & Press Secretary, USDA13 filingsthrough 2013
Howard UseemBluewater Strategies12 filingsthrough 2012
Emily O'ConnellAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance11 filingsthrough 2015
Sarah VenutoAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance11 filingsthrough 2015
Frank J. MacchiarolaAmerica'S Natural Gas AllianceCovered position: Labor/Pensions10 filingsthrough 2015
Peter D RobertsonAmerica'S Natural Gas AllianceCovered position: Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA10 filingsthrough 2012
Jed Nicholas BhutaAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance9 filingsthrough 2013
Sarah Keith Magruder LyleAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance8 filingsthrough 2013
Tom HassenboehlerAmerica'S Natural Gas Alliance7 filingsthrough 2012
Joel Martin MalinaWexler | Walker, a Unit of HILL+KNOWLTON Strategies, LLC7 filingsthrough 2011
Robert HealyWexler | Walker, a Unit of HILL+KNOWLTON Strategies, LLC7 filingsthrough 2011
John W HowardWexler | Walker, a Unit of HILL+KNOWLTON Strategies, LLCCovered position: White House EOP; US House; US Senate7 filingsthrough 2011
JOHN BREAUX jrBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senator (18 yrs), US Representative (2 yrs)7 filingsthrough 2011
CHESTER TRENT LOTT srBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senator (19 yrs), US Representative (1 yr)7 filingsthrough 2011
Steve ClarkCgcn Group, LLC6 filingsthrough 2015
Gary LytleCgcn Group, LLC6 filingsthrough 2015
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Com 2001-03 ; ; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-20066 filingsthrough 2015
Deborah PryceCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress (OH-15) 1993 - 20096 filingsthrough 2015
Jay CranfordCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: LC, Rep. Bob Barr, January 1997 - August 1997 ; ; LA/Comm Dir, Rep. Jim Gibbons August 1997-September 2000 ; ; Staff Director, House SubCom Energy May 2004-March 2006 ; ; Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006 ; ; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007 - Dec 2010 ; ; Asst Policy, Speaker John Boehner Jan 2011 - May 1, 20116 filingsthrough 2015
Mike NielsenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001 ; ; Staff Director SubComm Financial Institutions 2002-2006 ; ; Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Robert F. Bennett 2007-20106 filingsthrough 2015
Amy WrenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Staff Assistant, Congressman Todd Tiahrt 1997 - 1999 ; ; Conf Coordinator, House Republican Conference 1999 - 2000 ; ; Office Manager, Majority Whip Tom Delay 2000 - 2003 ; ; Finance Director, Majority Leader Tom Delay 2003 - 2005 ; ; Congress liaison, US Trade & Development Agency 2006-20106 filingsthrough 2015
Douglas SchwartzCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Policy Director/Counsel, Ofc of Conference Chariman 2009 ; ; Deputy Staff Dir, Sen Republican Policy Committee 2009-2010 ; ; Staff Director, Sen Republican Policy Committee 2010-2012 ; ; Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014 ; ; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 20146 filingsthrough 2015
Michael J CatanzaroCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Deputy Communications Director, House Science Committee ; ; Press Secretary, Rep. Dave Hobson ; ; Communications Director Senate Environment and Public Works ; ; Assoc Director for Policy, WH Council on Enviro Protection ; ; Assoc Deputy Administrator - Environmental Protection Agency ; ; Dep Staff Director, Senate Environmental & Public Works Com ; ; Senior Policy Advisor, Speaker John Boehner6 filingsthrough 2015
Melissa SchulmanBockorny Group, Inc.Covered position: Policy Director to Rep. Steny Hoyer (95-98)Exec. Director House Dem. Caucus (92-94)Asst. Director House Dem. Caucus (90-92)Leg. Assistant to Rep. Steny Hoyer (88-90)Leg. Assistant to Rep. Thomas Manton (88)6 filingsthrough 2011
Lisa E EpifaniVan Ness Feldman, LLP6 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 24 of 45 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
