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.
Insurance
INS
58 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
58 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 61 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
Cathy McMorris RodgersR-Washington-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.J.Res. 44, H.R. 1 +7 more
1,219 filings
10 lobbyists
Ann M. KusterD-New Hampshire-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1421 +29 more
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House ; ; Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy ; ; Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res ; ; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, ; ; Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz60 filingsthrough 2026
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC ; ; Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum60 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley Pickering
The filings
The 20 most recent of 58 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-of-arizona.
44 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
27 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
4 filings
$160K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
2 filings
$80K 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.
114th Congress
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 763113th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2014
S. 603113th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act8 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 987116th CongressStrengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act7 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1895116th CongressLower Health Care Costs Act7 filingsthrough 2020
S. 183114th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act7 filingsthrough 2016
S. 127118th CongressPharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 20236 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1339118th CongressPharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act6 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 3116th CongressElijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act6 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2543116th CongressPrescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 20196 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5378118th CongressLower Costs, More Transparency Act5 filingsthrough 2024
S. 172116th CongressHealth Insurance Tax Relief Act of 20195 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.
Susan WildD-Pennsylvania-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1421 +26 more
896 filings
8 lobbyists
Yadira CaraveoD-Colorado-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1478 +20 more
827 filings
8 lobbyists
Tony CárdenasD-California-AL
Bills: H.R. 1478, H.R. 1691, H.R. 20 +19 more
814 filings
8 lobbyists
Derek KilmerD-Washington-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1059, H.R. 1139 +15 more
736 filings
8 lobbyists
Wiley NickelD-North Carolina-AL
Bills: H.R. 10073, H.R. 1691, H.R. 20 +17 more
651 filings
7 lobbyists
Earl BlumenauerD-Oregon-AL
Bills: H.R. 1062, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1478 +14 more
621 filings
8 lobbyists
John P. SarbanesD-Maryland-AL
Bills: H.R. 1139, H.R. 1478, H.R. 20 +9 more
605 filings
8 lobbyists
Sheila Jackson LeeD-Texas-AL
Bills: H.R. 1478, H.R. 20, H.R. 2930 +10 more
550 filings
8 lobbyists
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this client's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett
60 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference60 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster45 filingsthrough 2026
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep. ; ; Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey42 filingsthrough 2021
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole37 filingsthrough 2025
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee33 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill30 filingsthrough 2026
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter29 filingsthrough 2019
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle28 filingsthrough 2026
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)21 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin21 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen M. CoteMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)21 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.20 filingsthrough 2026
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh18 filingsthrough 2018
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)16 filingsthrough 2025
Steve HaroMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra16 filingsthrough 2022
Caitlin Van SantMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)15 filingsthrough 2026
Lisa GoldmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce); Counsel House Comm on E&C15 filingsthrough 2026
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln15 filingsthrough 2015
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall14 filingsthrough 2018
Mckenzie BriceMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondence Manager, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Jim Webb13 filingsthrough 2022
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner ; ; Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs, VP Cheney ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey ; ; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown13 filingsthrough 2014
Alyene MlinarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)11 filingsthrough 2026
Erica Jay ChabotMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)11 filingsthrough 2026
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist11 filingsthrough 2014
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security11 filingsthrough 2014
Covered positions · 39 of 39 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
