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
155 filings
$8.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
152 filings
$8M on those filings
Health Issues
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 113 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 3116th CongressElijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act24 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2693116th CongressTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.18 filingsthrough 2020
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: amgen-usa-inc.
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.
HCR
129 filings
$5.7M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
109 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
41 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
36 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
34 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
33 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
3 filings
$160K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
3 filings
$90K on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
2 filings
$100K 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.
116th Congress
Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019
18 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.12 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 3117th CongressElijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act11 filingsthrough 2022
S. 3129116th CongressLower Costs, More Cures Act of 20199 filingsthrough 2020
S. 113118th CongressPrescription Pricing for the People Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 127118th CongressPharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 142118th CongressPreserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act8 filingsthrough 2024
S. 148118th CongressStop STALLING Act8 filingsthrough 2024
S. 150118th CongressAffordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 79118th CongressInteragency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2693117th CongressSchool Lunch Affordability Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
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.
John HolsclawTch Group, LLC
54 filingsthrough 2021
Jeffrey ForbesForbes-TateCovered position: Staff Director, Senate Finance Committee ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus ; ; Deputy Asst, Special Asst, Deputy Director EOP53 filingsthrough 2026
Wesley Ryan WelchForbes-Tate45 filingsthrough 2025
Zachary WilliamsForbes-Tate44 filingsthrough 2026
Derrick M WhiteForbes-TateCovered position: Deputy Press Secretary, Senator Orrin Hatch41 filingsthrough 2026
Monica PoppMarshall & Popp, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn; Professional Staff Member, U.S. House of Representatives-Energy & Commerce Committee; Legislative Assistant, Senator Jim DeMint31 filingsthrough 2026
Hazen Clay MarshallMarshall & Popp, LLCCovered position: Policy Director-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee-Senator Don Nickles; Deputy Chief of Staff/Economist, Office of Assistant Majority Leader-Senator Don Nickles; Legislative Assistant-Senator Don Nickles31 filingsthrough 2026
Cynthia BrownForbes-TateCovered position: Leg Assistant, Rep. Stupak, 1993-1994; Leg Director, Rep. Kind, 1999-2002; Chief of Staff, Rep. Kind, 2003-2009.30 filingsthrough 2026
Rick MurphyForbes-TateCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Kelly Ayotte, April 14 - Jan. 1730 filingsthrough 2025
Matthew McginleyAdvanced Policy Consulting, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom Price (2004-11); Chief of Staff, Republican Policy Committee (2010-11); DCOS & LD, Rep. Brian Kerns (2002-03)28 filingsthrough 2021
Barrett ThornhillForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Mike Crapo (2003-2006); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Pat Toomey (2002-2003); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Charlie Norwood (2001-2002)26 filingsthrough 2026
Jerome MurrayOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Stacey Plaskett; Legislative Director, Rep. G.K. Butterfield; Associate Director, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Sen. Harry Reid; Legislative Director, Rep. Chaka Fattah; Staff Assistant, Rep. Chaka Fattah23 filingsthrough 2026
Gordon Hunter BatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00;
Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99.20 filingsthrough 2025
Gordon Hunter Hunter BatesRepublic Consulting, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Mitch McConnellLegal Counsel, Office of Senator Mitch McConnellChief Counsel for Senate Rules Committee20 filingsthrough 2016
Lauren O'BrienRepublic Consulting, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Geoff DavisLegislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Geoff DavisLegislative Correspondent, Office of Rep. Geoff DavisStaff Assistant, Office of Rep. Geoff DavisIntern, Office of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner19 filingsthrough 2016
Geoff DavisRepublic Consulting, LLCCovered position: U.S. Representative15 filingsthrough 2016
Jeff McmillenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff dir, H Ways & Means Subcomm on Sel Rev Measures, Mar 01-Mar 04; staff, H Ways & Means Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 0112 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth Anne MaierBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Leg Dir Sen Jon Kyl; Sen Policy Advisor Sen Jon Kyl; Leg Asst Sen Jon Kyl; Leg Asst Rep Jon Kyl; Prof Staff House Sel Comm on Children Youth & Families12 filingsthrough 2020
