7 filings from 1 registrant · 2015–2022 · latest filed Oct 20, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$350K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$350K
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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Environment/Superfund
ENV
4 filings
$230K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
3 filings
$120K 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 — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
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: austin-air-systems-limited.
spend on filings that named this issue
Robert DiamondCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to the President and Director of Private Sector Engagement, President Barack Obama.
5 filingsthrough 2022
Jonathan KottCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Sr. Advisor & Communications Dir., Sen. Joe Manchin; Sr. Advisor &Communications Dir., Sen. Chris Coons; Press Sec., Rep. Brad Ellsworth; Press Sec., Rep. Anthony Weiner; Speechwriter, Sen. Evan Bayh; Public Affrs. Spec., Ofc. of the Director, OPM.5 filingsthrough 2022
Jeffrey CarrollCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Staff Director House Energy and Commerce Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Director, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Frank Pallone.5 filingsthrough 2022
Richard Lyles SullivanCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to House Majority Leader Gephardt4 filingsthrough 2015
Drew GoeslCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Ross ; ; Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln4 filingsthrough 2015
JAMES O MCCRERY iiiCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th ; ; Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee ; ; Committee Member, Joint Committee on Taxation4 filingsthrough 2015
Dena BattleCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Camp ; ; Legislative Director, Rep. Nick Smith4 filingsthrough 2015
De'Ana DowCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Staff Assistant to Senator Walter Huddleston ; ; Counsel to Chairman William Rainer (CFTC) ; ; Special Advisor to Chairman James Newsome (CFTC)4 filingsthrough 2015
Jeffery WalterCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Special Projects Director for Senator Alfonse D'Amato ; ; Special Projects Director for Senator Connie Mack ; ; Deputy Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee4 filingsthrough 2015
Bradley MolletCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Staff & Research Assistant, Sen. Tim Johnson ; ; Legislative Assistant, Cong. Jim Matheson ; ; Legislative Director, Joint Committee on Taxation4 filingsthrough 2015
Luke HatzisCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: LD & LA, Cong. Peter Roskam ; ; Republican Clerk, House Rules Committee ; ; Legislative Aide, House Republican Conference ; ; Floor Assistant, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert4 filingsthrough 2015
Aaron CohenCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff & Leg Asst., Sen. John Ensign ; ; Legislative Aide, Sen. Richard Bryan ; ; Legislative Corresp., Sen. Richard Bryan4 filingsthrough 2015
Martin B. GoldCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Floor Advisor & Counsel, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist4 filingsthrough 2015
Josh KardonCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, LD & Press Secretary, Senator Ron Wyden ; ; Staff Director, House Government Affairs Committee4 filingsthrough 2015
John D RaffaelliCapitol Counsel LLC3 filingsthrough 2015
Covered positions · 17 of 20 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
