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.
Raissa H DownsTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.61 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer B YoungTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance61 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth T MurrayTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham51 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 64 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: bd-becton-dickinson-and-company.
$290K
fees reported
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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.
53 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
40 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
10 filings
$600K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
8 filings
$420K 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.
115th Congress
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
9 filingsthrough 2018
S. 108115th CongressMedical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act9 filingsthrough 2018
S. 794115th CongressLocal Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 20179 filingsthrough 2018
S. 870115th CongressCreating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 20179 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 523113th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
S. 232113th CongressMedical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act9 filingsthrough 2014
S. 692116th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2430115th CongressFDA Reauthorization Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
H.Con.Res. 27114th CongressEstablishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1470114th CongressSGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 160114th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2114th CongressMedicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3204114th CongressTEST Act of 20158 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.
Michelle P Easton
Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC
Covered position: Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin
48 filingsthrough 2022
Charlotte Spears IvancicTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Legislative Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Committee; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner46 filingsthrough 2026
Pamela SmithTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun39 filingsthrough 2026
Emily H MurryTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority Whip McCarthy; Professional Staff, Republican Study Cmte.; Leg. Aid, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price32 filingsthrough 2026
Kimberly Lynn BrandtTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Sr. Counsel and Dir. External Affairs - HHS OIG; Prin. Dep. Administrator for Policy and Operations and Dir. of Medicare Program Integrity - CMS; Chief Oversight and General Counsel - Senate Cmte. on Finance18 filingsthrough 2024
Linda E TarplinTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Sp. Asst. to the Pres. for Leg. Affairs; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS17 filingsthrough 2015
Margaret JosephTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: CoS for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Bobby Bright, CoS for Rep. Jim Matheson, Clerk for House Rules Cmte.15 filingsthrough 2026
Peter FiseTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on Oversight & Government Reform13 filingsthrough 2026
Laura FriedelTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Asst., Sen. Zell Miller, Leg. Dir., Sen. Richard Shelby, Clerk, Staff Dir., Sen. Appropriations Committee11 filingsthrough 2025
Isaac A FordjourTarplin, Downs & Young, LLC9 filingsthrough 2014
Parick Braerton CarrollTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg Asst. Rep. Ray LaHood, Leg Dir. Rep. Kevin Yoder, PSM Senate Appropriations Cmte.8 filingsthrough 2026
Heather MchughResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Schumer; Legislative Director, Congressman Israel; Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Velazquez8 filingsthrough 2022
Lea Fisher SulkalaResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Etheridge8 filingsthrough 2022
Elizabeth Grey StanleyResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle; Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Lowey; Communications Dir/Press Sec, Congresswoman Lowey; Special Assistant/Scheduler, Senator Schumer7 filingsthrough 2022
Covered positions · 16 of 17 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
