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: bp-america-inc.
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.
ENV
175 filings
$106.7M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
106 filings
$56M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
76 filings
$76.2M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
61 filings
$17.9M on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
34 filings
$31.5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
30 filings
$6.9M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
24 filings
$25.1M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
23 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
19 filings
$17.3M on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
13 filings
$16M 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
Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act
15 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3409116th CongressCoast Guard Authorization Act of 201915 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.14 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6110th CongressEnergy Independence and Security Act of 200714 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.13 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 6865117th CongressDon Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 202212 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1060116th CongressDefending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 201912 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.12 filingsthrough 2018
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.
Jim Massie & Partners, LLC
Covered position: Special Assistant to the President and Senate Legislative Affairs Liaison
42 filingsthrough 2026
Allison B. TrexlerJim Massie & Partners, LLCCovered position: Policy Director, House Energy and Commerce and Chairman Ed Whitfield42 filingsthrough 2026
David J SchiappaThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: US Senate Republican floor Assistant; US Senate--Assistant Secretary for the Majority; US Senate--Secretary for the Majority/Secretary for the Minority42 filingsthrough 2025
Randall E DavisStuntz Davis & Staffier, P.C.42 filingsthrough 2018
Suzanne Lee SwinkBp America, IncCovered position: Employed by BP Corporation North America, Inc.40 filingsthrough 2020
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush35 filingsthrough 2019
Anthony PodestaPodesta Group, Inc.35 filingsthrough 2017
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant, Sen. Adams; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Eckart; Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff, House Minority Leader33 filingsthrough 2026
Paul BrathwaitePodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus32 filingsthrough 2017
Whitaker L AskewAvoq, LLC30 filingsthrough 2026
Gregory SaundersBp America, IncCovered position: Employed by BP Corporation North America, Inc.30 filingsthrough 2016
Alan P LarsonCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Under Sec, Dept State, Econ, Bus, Ag (99-05; Asst Sec, Dept State, Econ, Bus, Ag (96-99);Dep Asst Sec, Dept State, Int Fin & Dev (93-96);Ambassador, OECD (90-93)29 filingsthrough 2024
David Jan Van HoogstratenBp America, IncCovered position: Employed by BP Corporation North America, Inc.28 filingsthrough 2018
Elizabeth ReichertsBp America, IncCovered position: Employed by BP Corporation North America, Inc.28 filingsthrough 2015
Bill GhentAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sen. Tom Carper (2003-2019) - Chief of staff 2015-2019; Legislative Director 2007-2015; and, Communications Director 2003-2006/26 filingsthrough 2026
Randall E DavisRandall Davis Associates LLC26 filingsthrough 2025
Sudafi HenryThegroup DC, LLCCovered position: ​​​Legislative Director for Rep. Major Owens; Legislative Director for Rep. Emanuel Cleaver; Counsel & Sr. Policy Advisor for Rep. Steny Hoyer; Asst. and Dir. of Legislative Affairs for VP Joe Biden23 filingsthrough 2026
Elliot HowardJim Massie & Partners, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Chairman Joe Manchin22 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan Paul WalkerBp America, IncCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Bob Latta22 filingsthrough 2020
Stephen RademakerCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Policy Dir., National Security, Sr. Counsel, Sen. Maj. Leader; Asst. Secretary for Arms Control, Dept. of State; Chief Counsel, House Select Cmte. on Homeland Security; Chief Counsel, Dep. Staff Dir., House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs21 filingsthrough 2024
Downey Palmer MagallanesBp America, IncCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, U.S. Department of the Interior; Counsel, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt20 filingsthrough 2023
