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: boston-scientific-corporation.
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.
VET
98 filings
$23.5M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
64 filings
$24.5M on those filings
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
58 filings
$7M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
56 filings
$18.9M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
47 filings
$19M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
31 filings
$10.9M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
28 filings
$11.2M on those filings
Education
EDU
18 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
16 filings
$240K on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
14 filings
$5.6M 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.
18 filings
through 2008
H.R. 523113th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 201317 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2029110th CongressPhysician Payments Sunshine Act of 200717 filingsthrough 2008
S. 866118th CongressAmerican Innovation and Jobs Act15 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 6114th Congress21st Century Cures Act14 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1346111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.14 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 756111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.14 filingsthrough 2010
S. 301111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.13 filingsthrough 2010
S. 540111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.13 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1260111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1405115th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 201711 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 436112th CongressHealth Care Cost Reduction Act of 201211 filingsthrough 2012
S. 515111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 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.
Covered position:
57 filingsthrough 2024
Brenda BeckerBoston Scientific CorporationCovered position: Assistant to the Vice President for Leg. Affairs50 filingsthrough 2019
Isaac A FordjourBoston Scientific Corporation41 filingsthrough 2023
Michael CopherBrick Street StrategyCovered position: COS to personal office and Staff Director House VA Committee19 filingsthrough 2026
Mike Copher10-Square SolutionsCovered position: Former Chief of Staff in Member personal office and Staff Director House Veterans Affairs Committee18 filingsthrough 2021
Michael MattoonBoston Scientific Corporation18 filingsthrough 2013
Paul E BarryBoston Scientific Corporation17 filingsthrough 2016
John MantheiLatham & Watkins LLP16 filingsthrough 2012
Jennifer B YoungTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance14 filingsthrough 2012
Raissa H DownsTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst.14 filingsthrough 2011
Isaac A FordjourTarplin, Downs & Young, LLC14 filingsthrough 2011
WHITNEY B CRAIG jdBoston Scientific Corporation13 filingsthrough 2026
BOB R BROOKS jrAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery & Jay Dickey13 filingsthrough 2013
Linda E TarplinTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Congressman Billy Tauzin13 filingsthrough 2011
Scott ReidBoston Scientific Corporation13 filingsthrough 2011
Kristen HedstromBoston Scientific Corporation12 filingsthrough 2014
Michelle P EastonTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. On Finance;12 filingsthrough 2011
Jean Cecil FrickBoston Scientific Corporation10 filingsthrough 2012
Jeff RicchettiRicchetti Incorporated10 filingsthrough 2010
Sarah WalterWalter ConsultingCovered position: Former Legislative Director, Sen. John Breaux10 filingsthrough 2010
Mark RayderAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: LA, Rep. Tom Latham; LA, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen; District Rep., Rep. Dean Gallo.7 filingsthrough 2026
Marilyn K YagerAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Deputy Assistant to the President, White House Office of Public Liaison.7 filingsthrough 2026
Robert SigginsAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy.7 filingsthrough 2026
Jane LucasAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Special Assistant to the President, White House Office of Legislative Affairs; Principal Deputy Director, IOS-Office of Health Reform, HHS; Legislative Director, U.S. Senator John Thune.7 filingsthrough 2026
Joseph BoddickerAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Cmte; Tax & Trade Counsel, Sen. Thune; Staff Dir., Senate Finance Subcmte on Tax; Tax Counsel/LA, Sen. Heller; Staff Dir., Senate Finance Subcmte on Energy; Finance Counsel, Sen. Gardner; LA/LC/SA, Sen. Thune.7 filingsthrough 2026
Rebecca HawesAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Legislative Counsel, Sen. John Breaux (D-LA)7 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 19 of 44 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
