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.
David M McintoshMayer Brown LLPCovered position: 1995 - 2001: U.S. House of Representatives21 filingsthrough 2014
David B FinneganMayer Brown LLP19 filingsthrough 2013
Bryan ZumwaltFti Government AffairsCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 15; Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 12-14; Counsel, Sen. David Vitter 09-12; Counsel, Rep. Bilbray 06-07; Clerk, Comm on Natural Resources 05-06.16 filingsthrough 2025
Russ KelleyFti Government AffairsCovered position: Sr Advisor, Dem. Caucus 17-19; Counsel, Comm on Trans & Infra. 15-17; Leg Dir & Counsel, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici 12-15; Comm Advisor, Office of the Dem. Leader 03-06; Dir of Radio, Democrat Comms Committee 01-03; Press Asst, Dem. Comms Committee 00-01
The filings
The 20 most recent of 114 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: arkema-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.
ENG
16 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
14 filings
$745K on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
13 filings
$710K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
11 filings
$545K on those filings
Defense
DEF
9 filings
$130K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
8 filings
$420K on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
4 filings
$200K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$200K 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.
118th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
3 filingsthrough 2023
S. 2226118th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20243 filingsthrough 2023
H.R. 1930115th CongressFederal Refrigerant Management and Stewardship Act of 20173 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2858115th CongressSUPER Act of 20173 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2822114th CongressDepartment of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20163 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 5538114th CongressDepartment of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1047114th CongressA bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency regulations, guidelines, or standards.3 filingsthrough 2015
S. 1645114th CongressDepartment of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20163 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 7900117th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20232 filingsthrough 2022
S. 4543117th CongressJames M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20232 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 3354115th CongressMake America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 20182 filingsthrough 2017
H.R. 508114th CongressSUPER Act of 20152 filingsthrough 2016
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.
16 filingsthrough 2025
John SteitzFti Government AffairsCovered position: John Steitz: Dep. Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior LA, Sen. John Kennedy 17-21; Senior PSM and PSM, Sen. Small Business Committee 15-17; LA and LC, Sen. David Vitter 11-1516 filingsthrough 2025
Warren PayneMayer Brown LLPCovered position: US Int'l Trade Comm: Trade Analyst, 2002-04, Economic Advisor, 2004-07; House Ways & Means Committee: Trade Economist, 2007-09, Sr. Economist/Trade Advisor, 2009-11, Chief Economist, 2011-12, Policy Director, 2012-15.13 filingsthrough 2019
Ian Thomas Alexander WhitsonFti Government AffairsCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. David Rouzer 22; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer 21-22; Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer 17-21; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. David Rouzer 16-17; Staff Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer 15-169 filingsthrough 2025
Richard A CarneRick Carne Consulting, LLC (DBA Sgi Group, LLC)9 filingsthrough 2010
Tess PetersonFti Government Affairs8 filingsthrough 2024
Russ KelleyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Sr Advisor, Dem. Caucus; Counsel, Comm on Trans & Infra; Leg Dir & Counsel, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici; Comm Advisor, Office of the Dem. Leader; Dir of Radio, Democrat Comms Committee; Press Asst, Dem. Comms Committee.7 filingsthrough 2026
Bryan ZumwaltRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 15 Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Counsel, Sen. David Vitter; Counsel, Rep. Bilbray; Clerk, Comm on Natural Resources.7 filingsthrough 2026
Ian Thomas Alexander WhitsonRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. David Rouzer; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer; Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. David Rouzer; Staff Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer.7 filingsthrough 2026
Michael A LeibnerMayer Brown LLPCovered position: Intern, Sen. Edward Kennedy, 2005.7 filingsthrough 2016
Antonia O'MalleyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLC5 filingsthrough 2025
John P SchmitzMayer Brown LLP5 filingsthrough 2009
Kyle CormneyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Tom Price; LD, Tom Price; Senior Policy Advisor, House Budget Committee.4 filingsthrough 2025
Abigail AveryFti Government Affairs3 filingsthrough 2021
Lee LilleyMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director, Congressman G.K. Butterfield3 filingsthrough 2017
Michael Johnson KelleyMayer Brown LLPCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Stephen Buyer, 2008-2011.3 filingsthrough 2015
John P SchmitzSchmitz Global Partners LLPCovered position: Deputy White House Counsel2 filingsthrough 2010
Luc ChavezRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Sen. Lujan1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 15 of 21 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
