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.
George Nicholas CaramMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Staff Officer, Special Assistant, National Security Council; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sr. Staff Assistant, Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Special Assistant, Rep. C.W. Bill Young.17 filingsthrough 2026
Lucia AlonzoMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Constituent Services Representative, Legislative Correspondent, Policy Aide, Sen. Claire McCaskill
The filings
The 20 most recent of 50 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: apic-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.
21 filings
$454K on those filings
Defense
DEF
12 filings
$345K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
3 filings
$130K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
3 filings
$130K 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.
113th Congress
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
3 filingsthrough 2013
H.R. 2617118th CongressChoices for Stranded Passengers Act of 20231 filingthrough 2023
H.J.Res. 117113th CongressProviding for the appointment of Michael Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.1 filingthrough 2013
H.R. 4870113th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20151 filingthrough 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.
10 filingsthrough 2026
Erik Michael BerdyMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Legislative Affairs; Legislative Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army; Deputy Military Legislative Assistant, Sen. James Inhofe10 filingsthrough 2026
Edgar VazquezMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Legislative Intern, Rep. Tony Gonzales5 filingsthrough 2025
John CrumblissCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.5 filingsthrough 2016
Heather MolinoCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director House Intelligence Cmte; Deputy COS House Member Office, Director of Communications House Member Office (Ruppersberger)5 filingsthrough 2016
Alexander AngelsonMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to the President, Office of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President4 filingsthrough 2026
Jenette MorellMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Law Clerk, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Tim Ryan4 filingsthrough 2024
Steve SymmsParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: U.S. Senator: 1981 to 19934 filingsthrough 2009
Romano RomaniParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: N/A4 filingsthrough 2009
Brittan SpechtMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Counsel, Dep Chief of Staff, Hse Speaker; Policy Dir, Dep Policy Dir, Hse Min Leader.; Sr Policy Adv., Hse Maj. Leader; Policy Dr, RSC; Dep Chief of Staff Rep McClintock, Leg Asst & Financial Analyst, Rep. McClintock3 filingsthrough 2025
Jason YaworskeMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Sr Policy Advisor, Hse Speaker; Clerk, Sen Appropriations Cmt,; Assoc. Dir., Off. Management & Budget; Chief of Staff, Rep Davidson; Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Rep. King3 filingsthrough 2025
Preston HillMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Sr Policy Advisor, House Speaker; Sr. Policy Advisor, Policy Advisor, House Minority Leader; Special Assistant, House Majority Leader3 filingsthrough 2025
Brandon PalumboMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ron Johnson; Correspondence Manager, Sen. John Kennedy; Legislative Intern, Rep. Steve Scalise; Legislative Intern, Rep. Brad Wenstrup3 filingsthrough 2024
Will ScalesMcallister & Quinn, LLC3 filingsthrough 2016
Dennis DeconciniParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: U.S. Senator: 1977 to 19953 filingsthrough 2009
Elizabeth LarrabeeMichael Best Strategies LLCCovered position: Intern, Rep. Paul Tonko2 filingsthrough 2024
Thaddeus E StromParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Strom Thurmopnd: 1987 to 1988 ; ; Gen. Coun./Staff Dir, Sen Cmte on the Judiciary: 1988-1991 ; ; Chief Coun/Staff Dir, Sen Cmte on the Judiciary: 1991-1993 ; ; Chief Coun/Staff Dir., Sen. Cmte. on Antitrust, ; ; Business Rights and Competition: 1994 to 19972 filingsthrough 2009
James RockParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: Staff Asst, US House Committee on Budget - 1985 to 20001 filingthrough 2009
Edward H BaxterParry, Romani, Deconcini & SymmsCovered position: Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Senate Judiciary ; ; Committee's Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights ; ; and Trademarks: 1987 to 19901 filingthrough 2009
Covered positions · 19 of 24 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
