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-company.
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.
135 filings
$66.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
128 filings
$68.2M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
107 filings
$66.2M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
99 filings
$25M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
71 filings
$38.8M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
60 filings
$40.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
35 filings
$39.5M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
18 filings
$13.5M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
5 filings
$4.2M on those filings
Defense
DEF
4 filings
$3.4M 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 2018
H.R. 1650110th CongressRailroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 200816 filingsthrough 2008
S. 576118th CongressRailway Safety Act of 202315 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1451115th CongressRAILS Act14 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1405115th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 201713 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
S. 146111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1733111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2889111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2095110th CongressRailroad Safety Enhancement Act of 200812 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2125110th CongressRailroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 200712 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2419110th CongressFood, Conservation, and Energy Act of 200812 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2218119th CongressStop CARB Act of 202511 filingsthrough 2026
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.
through 2026
Michael Kenneth HenryAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Professional Staff, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee58 filingsthrough 2023
Amy C HawkinsBnsf Railway Company58 filingsthrough 2019
Barry BrownAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Burgess & Rep. Kay Granger; Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady56 filingsthrough 2026
James RichardsCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)46 filingsthrough 2022
LOUIE PERRY iiiCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: LA House Member Office (Huckaby)41 filingsthrough 2026
Cesar V CondaNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)39 filingsthrough 2026
Andy KeiserNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)39 filingsthrough 2026
Campbell KaufmanCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff House Member Office (McCrery & Cooksey)37 filingsthrough 2021
Laverne Patrick HubertCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte37 filingsthrough 2021
Greg MeansAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Dennis Eckart34 filingsthrough 2017
William SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte31 filingsthrough 2024
Kevin D KayesQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen31 filingsthrough 2017
Sarah (Beatty) RogersNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)30 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan BergerNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff & Legislative Director, Sen. Joni Ernst30 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher BertramB+S StrategiesCovered position: Staff Director, House Transportation Comm. 2012 to 2016; A. Secretary, U.S. Dept of Transportation, 2009 to 2012; Prof. Staff, Senate Commerce Comm. 2003 to 2009; A. Administrator, FAA, 2001 to 2003; Prof. Staff, House Transportation Comm. 1996-200127 filingsthrough 2023
Susan NelsonNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)26 filingsthrough 2023
Thomas Hunt ShipmanCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Maj Staff Dir Sen Ag Cmte, Dep Und Sec Farm; Foreign Ag; LA Senate Member Office (Cochran); Senate Approps Cmte26 filingsthrough 2021
Eric ToberCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Asst House Mem (Bruce); Sen Project Dir (Johnston)26 filingsthrough 2021
Tony EssalihCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley)26 filingsthrough 2021
Christopher C CoxNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, White House25 filingsthrough 2026
Joel JohnsonFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Exec. Director, House Democratic Study GroupAssistant Secretary of the Minority, U.S. SenateStaff Director, Democrat Leadership CommitteesSpecial Assistant to the President for Policy and Comm.25 filingsthrough 2017
Alex MistriFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Lauch FairclothLegislative Director, Rep. Robin HayesChief of Staff, Rep. Bill ShusterSpecial Assistant to the President for Legislative AffairsStrategic Analysis Officer, Department of State25 filingsthrough 2017
