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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
98 filings
$3.6M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
65 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Agriculture
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 38 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2528111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2626111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1030111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1090111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filings
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Robert CleavesCleaves Biomass Services, LLC41 filingsthrough 2020
Carrie AnnandC. Annand LLC31 filingsthrough 2023
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Counsel - H.Com. Nat. Resources (1987-2008)31 filingsthrough 2016
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 Sergeant31 filingsthrough 2016
The filings
The 20 most recent of 111 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: biomass-power-association.
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.
AGR
61 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
28 filings
$865K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
26 filings
$918K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
21 filings
$860K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
9 filings
$160K 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.
through 2010
S. 2012115th CongressTribal Economic Assistance Act of 20176 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4213112th CongressTo amend title 38, United States Code, to require judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to reside within fifty miles of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.6 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2286112th CongressRenewable Energy Parity Act5 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 890111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1462111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 539111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5899117th CongressBiomass and Biogas for Electric Vehicles Act4 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 622111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 7060111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
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.
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 05 Com Dir Pres Advisory on Fed Tax Reform29 filingsthrough 2016
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 95-98 Staff Dir, W&M SCmte on Oversight23 filingsthrough 2015
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 87-02 CoS to Rep. Benjamin Cardin14 filingsthrough 2013
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)13 filingsthrough 2013
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 95-96 Asst Sec to Majority, Senate11 filingsthrough 2013
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel Rep. Matsui (1998-2001) ; ; LA Rep. Becerra (1997-1998) ; ; LA Rep. Kleczka (1996-1997) ; ; Leg. Fellow Sen. Lautenberg (1995-1996)11 filingsthrough 2011
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Whip Liason - Sen. Min.Whip Lott (2007) ; ; Dep.Asst. Leg.Affairs - VP Cheney (2004-2006) ; ; Floor Asst. Sen.Maj. Whip McConnell (2003-2004) ; ; LA Sen.Maj/Min. Leader Lott (2001-2002) ; ; LA Rep. Walter Jones (1996-2000) ; ; Summer Intern Rep. Walter Jones (summer 1995)11 filingsthrough 2011
William HeynigerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)11 filingsthrough 2011
Weston CoulamErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 03-06 Staff Dir. Senate Cmte on Small Business10 filingsthrough 2014
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 2010
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)10 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)10 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)10 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)10 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)10 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
Melissa M EdwardsMissy Edwards Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant to Senator Thad Cochran6 filingsthrough 2011
Theresa Ann PughTheresa Pugh Consulting, LLCCovered position: US EPA: Kevin Culligan; Nick Hutson; Clint Woods5 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffrey LeveyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2010
Richard MeltzerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Transition Coordinator Speaker of House Pelosi (2006-2007) ; ; General Counsel H.Com. on Nat. Resources (1991-1994)5 filingsthrough 2009
Heather MeadeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)4 filingsthrough 2010
Daniel EsquibelErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)4 filingsthrough 2010
Stephen Adam FrancisErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 01-11 Deputy CoS to Rep. Tiberi2 filingsthrough 2013
ROBERT CLEAVES ivC. Annand LLC1 filingthrough 2016
Bruce GatesErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)1 filingthrough 2008
Covered positions · 20 of 29 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
