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.73 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 Finance72 filingsthrough 2026
JON WILLIAM BREYFOGLE esqGroom Law Group, Chartered72 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 518 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: blue-cross-blue-shield-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.
TAX
138 filings
$9.4M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
106 filings
$8.5M on those filings
Insurance
INS
54 filings
$4M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
19 filings
$961K on those filings
Accounting
ACC
15 filings
$450K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
14 filings
$420K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
13 filings
$650K on those filings
Postal
POS
9 filings
$270K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$320K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
2 filings
$100K 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.
116th Congress
Lower Health Care Costs Act
19 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.18 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 928114th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.15 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3502116th CongressProtecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act12 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 861116th CongressEnd Surprise Billing Act of 201912 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1531116th CongressSTOP Surprise Medical Bills Act of 201912 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1628115th CongressAmerican Health Care Act of 201712 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1424110th CongressA bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.12 filingsthrough 2008
S. 870115th CongressCreating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 201711 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2114th CongressMedicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 201511 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 544113th CongressLetting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act10 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Tracy SpicerAvenue SolutionsCovered position: Staff Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy70 filingsthrough 2026
Michelle P EastonTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin58 filingsthrough 2022
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
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
Jonathon JonesTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator CarperChief of Staff, Senator Carper44 filingsthrough 2023
Yvette FontenotAvenue SolutionsCovered position: Dep. Director, Office of Health Reform, HHS40 filingsthrough 2023
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 Price33 filingsthrough 2026
Linda E TarplinTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Sp. Asst. to the Pres. for Leg. Affairs; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS29 filingsthrough 2015
Irene BuenoNvg, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Congressman Ed Roybal; Legislative Assistant, Senator Alan Cranston; Special Assistant to the Asst. Secy. for Legislation, Dept. of Health & Human Services; Deputy Assistant Secy. for Legislation, Dept.of HHS; Special Assistant27 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas RyanRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP27 filingsthrough 2015
Joseph V VasapoliRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE27 filingsthrough 2015
Matthew BerzokRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch27 filingsthrough 2015
Jeff MackinnonRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)27 filingsthrough 2015
Amy TejralAvenue SolutionsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson25 filingsthrough 2015
Jane LoewensonNvg, LLCCovered position: Health Fellow, Sen. George Mitchell, Prof. Staff Member, Subcomm. on Children and Families of the Sen. Labor and Human Resources Committee; Sen. Chris Dodd, Sr Health Policy Advisor; Sen. Thomas Daschle, Sr Health Policy Advisor24 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth Macdonald BarnettAvenue SolutionsCovered position: Staff Assist., Senate Energy & Natural Re. Com.24 filingsthrough 2024
Jeff MackinnonFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (RTexas)23 filingsthrough 2020
Jeffery C. MortierFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte, LA Rep Whitfield and Intern Devin Nunes23 filingsthrough 2020
John TroyJohn TroyCovered position: Consultant23 filingsthrough 2013
Michael SolonUS Policy StrategiesCovered position: Sen. Phil Gramm, Leg. Assist, Leg. Dir., Com deputy & staff director; Sen. Mitch McConnell Whip Policy Dir., Leader Economic Adviser; Sen. Trent Lott, Economic Policy Adviser22 filingsthrough 2022
Nick KolovosRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)22 filingsthrough 2015
Rachel LevyGroom Law Group, Chartered21 filingsthrough 2020
