196 filings from 13 registrants · 2008–2024 · latest filed Oct 20, 2024
Reported on its behalf
$6.3M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$6.3M
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
147 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
77 filings
$3.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 47 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 905112th CongressTo amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.15 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1392111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.15 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 471114th CongressEnsuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015
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: amerisourcebergen-corporation.
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.
39 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
37 filings
$1.6M 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.
14 filingsthrough 2016
S. 733112th CongressA bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.13 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 696114th CongressTo amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes.12 filingsthrough 2016
S. 483114th CongressEnsuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 201612 filingsthrough 2016
S. 506114th CongressA bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes.12 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2543116th CongressPrescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 201911 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1483112th CongressDrug Safety Enhancement Act of 201110 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 3026112th CongressSafeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 20119 filingsthrough 2012
S. 1584112th CongressDrug Safety and Accountability Act of 20119 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 803116th CongressImproving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act8 filingsthrough 2020
S. 988116th CongressImproving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act8 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1416114th CongressCancer Patient Protection Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 905113th CongressResearch and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 20138 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.
Covered position:
33 filingsthrough 2016
Thomas RyanRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP17 filingsthrough 2015
Joseph V VasapoliRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE17 filingsthrough 2015
Matthew BerzokRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Rep. Deutsch17 filingsthrough 2015
Jeff MackinnonRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)17 filingsthrough 2015
Nick KolovosRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)17 filingsthrough 2015
Jeffery C MortierRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield17 filingsthrough 2015
Katharine Duarte KratovilLaw Offices of Frederick H. Graefe, PLLC16 filingsthrough 2012
Dan EllingLincoln Policy GroupCovered position: Staff Director, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; Professional Staff, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; Health Policy Aide, Rep. Nancy Johnson; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Ramstad13 filingsthrough 2021
Thomas A ScullyLincoln Policy GroupCovered position: Administrator & Consultant, CMS; Dep. Asst. to President; Counselor to the Dir., Dir. for Hum. Res. Vets and Labor; Associate Dir. for Legislative Affairs, OMB13 filingsthrough 2021
Kenneth D SalomonDow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC11 filingsthrough 2012
M Kenneth BowlerDow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC11 filingsthrough 2012
NORMAN LENT iiiDow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC10 filingsthrough 2012
Eric S KesslerDow Lohnes Government Strategies LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell10 filingsthrough 2012
Colin RoskeyLincoln Policy GroupCovered position: Health Policy Advisor and Counsel, Senate Finance Committee9 filingsthrough 2021
Erika LongAnway Long GroupCovered position: Legislative Asst, Rep Jim Davis; Sr Legislative Asst, Rep Bart Stupak; Professional Staff; Energy and Commerce Committee; Sr. Investigator US Senate Committee on the Judiciary8 filingsthrough 2021
Jeff MackinnonFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: ​LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)8 filingsthrough 2017
Joseph V VasapoliFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: ​Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE8 filingsthrough 2017
Jeffery C. MortierFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield, Intern for Devin Nunes8 filingsthrough 2017
Dan EllingFederal Health Policy StrategiesCovered position: Staff Director, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; Professional Staff, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; Health Policy Aide, Rep. Nancy Johnson; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Ramstad7 filingsthrough 2022
David HobsonVorys Advisors, LLC7 filingsthrough 2013
