47 filings from 5 registrants · 2010–2017 · latest filed Jan 19, 2018
Reported on its behalf
$1.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$700K
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.1M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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: brightsource-energy-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.
10 filings
$340K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
7 filings
$310K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
7 filings
$310K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
1 filing
$30K 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 2010
S. 2260113th CongressEXPIRE Act of 20143 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5771113th CongressTax Increase Prevention Act of 20141 filingthrough 2014
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.
Katharine ListerMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce; Chief of ; ; Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Communications Director, ; ; Sen. Maria Cantwell; Communications Director, Rep. Adam ; ; Smith; Staff Assistant, Sen. John Kerry16 filingsthrough 2017
E. Ashley HoyMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Director of Coalitions, Senate Republican Conference Office ; ; of the Vice Chairman; Director of Coalitions, Office of the ; ; Minority Whip; Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, ; ; Legislative Correspondent, and Administrative Assistant, ; ; Rep. Sue Myrick16 filingsthrough 2017
John MulliganMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director and Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Smith16 filingsthrough 2017
CHARLES STEWART VERDERY jrMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Consultant, ; ; Department of Homeland Security; General Counsel, Assistant ; ; Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles; Counsel, Senate ; ; Committee on the Judiciary; Legislative Counsel, Senate ; ; Committee on Rules and Administration; Legislative Counsel, ; ; Senator John Warner; Outside Consultant, House Committee on ; ; Oversight; Lead Staffer Sen. Republican High Tech Task Force16 filingsthrough 2017
Ben Lee McmakinVan Ness Feldman, LLPCovered position: Leg. Dir., Sen. Patty Murray, US Senate (1996-2005) ; ; Leg. Dir., Rep. Ron Wyden, US House (1995-1996) ; ; Leg. Dir., Rep. Mike Kopetski, US House (1990-1994) ; ; Staff Asst., Sen. Alan Cranston, US SEnate (1988-1989)13 filingsthrough 2014
Michael PlatnerVan Ness Feldman, LLPCovered position: Tax, Int'l Trade Counsel, Sen. John Chafee, US Senate ; ; (1988-1992)13 filingsthrough 2014
Tracy A TolkVan Ness Feldman, LLPCovered position: Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Jay Inslee, US House (2005-2008) ; ; Leg. Asst., Rep. Jim Davis, US House (2001-2005)13 filingsthrough 2014
John MulliganBrightsource Energy, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Al Swift (WA-2) - 1994Sr.Legislative Assistant, Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9) - 2000-2001Legislative Director, Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9) - 2001-2004Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9) - 2004-200713 filingsthrough 2013
Stephanie MartzMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senator Charles E. Schumer; Special Assistant and Senior Counsel to the President, Office of White House Counsel8 filingsthrough 2017
Jessica Rae Herrera-FlaniganMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Trial Attorney and Senior Counsel, Computer Crime & ; ; Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. ; ; Department of Justice; Counsel, Deputy Staff Director, ; ; General Counsel, and Staff Director, House Committee on ; ; Homeland Sec; Special Asst Attorney, US Attorney's Office8 filingsthrough 2015
Ryan SpanglerMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Deputy Scheduler, Senator Joseph Biden7 filingsthrough 2015
Jane AlonsoMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director and Legislative Assistant, Sen. Susan ; ; Collins; Professional Staff Member, Senate Governmental ; ; Affairs Committee; Political Section Intern, Department of ; ; State; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Bob Graham ; ; Scheduler and Executive Assistant, Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ; ; Staff Assistant, Rep. John Mica7 filingsthrough 2015
Jeff MarkeySignal Group Consulting, LLC7 filingsthrough 2012
Steve McbeeSignal Group Consulting, LLC7 filingsthrough 2012
Robert William ChamberlinSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Asst Counsel, Hse Transp. and Infrastr. Committee7 filingsthrough 2012
Gabriel HorwitzSignal Group Consulting, LLC7 filingsthrough 2012
Dan HenkeMonument Advocacy6 filingsthrough 2017
Yatri AminMonument Advocacy5 filingsthrough 2017
Angela Becker-DippmannSignal Group Consulting, LLC5 filingsthrough 2011
Mark DenninMonument Advocacy4 filingsthrough 2015
Bernard ToonThe Ingram Group LLCCovered position: SrStaff,SenForeignRel;COSDorganBingamanBidenBradleyRoemer3 filingsthrough 2011
Charles CooperSignal Group Consulting, LLC2 filingsthrough 2012
Samuel WhitehornSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee2 filingsthrough 2011
Alisa FergusonSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Brian Baird2 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 20 of 34 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
