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: association-of-american-universities.
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.
BUD
54 filings
$3.9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
54 filings
$3.7M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
53 filings
$3.9M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
49 filings
$3.8M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
19 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
10 filings
$293K on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
8 filings
$507K on those filings
Torts
TOR
3 filings
$539K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$162K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
2 filings
$339K 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
Safe RESEARCH Act
8 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1827118th CongressPausing Enhanced Pandemic Pathogen Research Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2832118th CongressNational Land Bank Network Act8 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 4346118th CongressSmall Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5152118th CongressTo direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to ensure, under certain conditions, that members of the Armed Forces are automatically enrolled in benefits and services under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for which such members are eligible.8 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 644118th CongressStudent Loan Borrower Safety Net Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 8883118th CongressNo Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 20248 filingsthrough 2024
S. 289118th CongressGenomics Data Security Act8 filingsthrough 2024
S. 365118th CongressDream Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 839117th CongressCollege Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1678116th CongressProtect Our Universities Act of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 36116th CongressCombating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
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.
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
23 filingsthrough 2017
Tobin Lee SmithAssociation of American Universities18 filingsthrough 2026
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 2007 Whip Liaison to Sen Min Whip Trent Lott18 filingsthrough 2015
Hanan SaabAssociation of American Universities15 filingsthrough 2024
Pamela DavidsonAssociation of American UniversitiesCovered position: Prof. Staff, Senate HELP Committee, 2019-21; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen Bill Cassidy, 2015-19; Prof. Staff/Leg. Asst, House Ed & Workforce Comm., 1997-2007; Leg. Asst, Rep Jon Christensen, 1995-97; Leg. Asst, Rep Tom Delay, 1992-9513 filingsthrough 2025
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995) ; ; Chief Tax Counsel Sen. Finance Dem. staff (1997-1999)10 filingsthrough 2012
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 99-01 Press Secretary/Deputy Director Communications SFC; 01-04 Public Affairs Specialist, Treasury; 05 Communications Director Presidents Advisory on Fed Tax Reform8 filingsthrough 2016
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)7 filingsthrough 2010
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992) ; ; Sr. Asst. to Asst. Secretary of Treasury (1992-1993)7 filingsthrough 2010
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Leg. Director - Rep. Bill Archer (1988-1994) ; ; Staff Director Ways & Means Subcom. Oversight (1995-1998)7 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)7 filingsthrough 2010
Robert M RozenErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: LA Sen. Ford (1980-1985) ; ; LA and Leg. Counsel Sen. Mitchell (1985-1994) ; ; Leg. Counsel Sen.Maj. Leader Mitchell (1989-1994)7 filingsthrough 2010
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)7 filingsthrough 2010
Anne Elizabeth PhelpsErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst.to President (Domestic Policy/Health) 2001-2002 ; ; Bush Transition Team (Health Policy staff) 2000 ; ; Staff Director Sen. Frist (1997-2000) ; ; Health Policy Fellow Sen. Kassebaum (1996) ; ; Leg. Analyst NIH (1995-1997) ; ; Leg. Officer NIH (1992-1995) ; ; Program Analyst NIH (1991)7 filingsthrough 2010
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Chief of Staff Rep. Cardin (1987-2002)7 filingsthrough 2010
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst.Sec. to Senate Minority (1988-1995) ; ; Asst. Sec. for the Senate Majority (Oct. 1995-1996)7 filingsthrough 2010
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Counsel - H.Com. Nat. Resources (1987-2008)7 filingsthrough 2010
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Staff Associate Ways&Means Com. & Rep. Herger (93-97) ; ; Active, Reserve & MD National Guard; US Army Staff Sergeant7 filingsthrough 2010
William HeynigerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)7 filingsthrough 2010
Holly A BodeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: HHS, Special Asst. Office of Asst. Sec. Leg. (1994-1999) ; ; Rep. Sander Levin, LA (10/1993 - 11/1994) ; ; Senate Com. on Aging, LC (12/1985 - 10/1993)7 filingsthrough 2010
Michael SorensenDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Scheduler and other positions, Sen. Richard Burr; Intern, Rep. John Boehner; Intern, Rep. Mike Kelly5 filingsthrough 2026
