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.
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: bnsf-railway-co.
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.
19 filings
$820K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
14 filings
$300K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
8 filings
$180K on those filings
Torts
TOR
4 filings
$260K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
2 filings
$120K on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
1 filing
$60K 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
Safe Freight Act of 2019
8 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1664115th CongressInvesting in America: A Penny for Progress Act8 filingsthrough 2018
S. 769114th CongressTrack, Railroad, and Infrastructure Network Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 859114th CongressCrude-By-Rail Safety Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 612113th CongressSafe and Efficient Transportation Act of 20138 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1979116th CongressSafe Freight Act of 20197 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1186114th CongressMove America Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
S. 638113th CongressRailroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.6 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2302116th CongressAmerica's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 20196 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2577114th CongressMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20176 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2012114th CongressEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 20166 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.
37 filingsthrough 2022
James SartucciK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Comm on Commerce, Science & Transportation36 filingsthrough 2026
Dennis PotterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LC, Sen Gramm29 filingsthrough 2022
Scott AliferisK&L Gates, LLP27 filingsthrough 2025
Mary Burke BakerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Sen Fin Comm20 filingsthrough 2020
Stephen A. MartinkoK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst, Rep Gibbons; LA, Rep Porter; Floor Debate Coord, House Rep Conf; Dir of Floor Debate, House Rep Conf); LD/Dep CoS/CoS, Rep Shuster18 filingsthrough 2020
W Dennis StephensK&L Gates, LLP16 filingsthrough 2026
Paul SassCassidy & Associates, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Deputy Staff Director, House Committee on Small Business; Congressman Sam Graves - Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant15 filingsthrough 2026
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman14 filingsthrough 2017
Chad SeeK&L Gates, LLP14 filingsthrough 2012
Emanuel L RouvelasK&L Gates, LLP13 filingsthrough 2018
Nicholas LeibhamK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman13 filingsthrough 2015
Michael William EvansK&L Gates, LLP13 filingsthrough 2013
Scott NelsonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Sen. Byron Dorgan - Asst. Chief of Staff, Leg, Assistant, Dep. Chief of Staff; Dept. of Energy - Deputy Director of Scheduling & Advance11 filingsthrough 2025
William KirkK&L Gates, LLP11 filingsthrough 2015
Patrick G HeckK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Asst. Coun., Oversight Subcomm, W&M Comm11 filingsthrough 2012
Thomas Finch FultonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Rep. Jim McCrery; Dir of Constituent Services, Systems Admin, Rep. John Fleming; Leg Correspondent/Leg Assistant Sen. Jeff Sessions; Special Advisor to the Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Dept. of Transportation10 filingsthrough 2026
Amy CarnevaleK&L Gates, LLP10 filingsthrough 2025
Bart GordonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman10 filingsthrough 2021
Judson GreifK&L Gates, LLP10 filingsthrough 2016
Roderick D. HallK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Asst Administrator for Government Affairs, FAA; Deputy Chief of Staff/LA/District Outreach Director, Rep Johnson8 filingsthrough 2023
George RiccardoK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Research Asst., House Transportation Committee; Senior Cong. Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary (DOT); Director of Govt. Affairs, Federal Railroad Administration; Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Transportation8 filingsthrough 2022
Darrell ConnerK&L Gates, LLP7 filingsthrough 2026
Cresencio S ArcosK&L Gates, LLP6 filingsthrough 2009
