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.
James C FreeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC52 filingsthrough 2024
JACK S DEUSER jrThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir. U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning47 filingsthrough 2024
Alicia W SmithThe Smith-Free Group, LLC47 filingsthrough 2021
Michael CollinsBroadcast Music, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director for U.S. Representative Tom Udall (NM-3).
Legislative Director and Chief of Staff for Senator Tom Udall (NM).32 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 171 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
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: broadcast-music-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.
SMB
14 filings
$930K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
12 filings
$620K on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
6 filings
$360K on those filings
Arts/Entertainment
ART
6 filings
$360K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
3 filings
$210K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
1 filing
$50K 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.
112th Congress
Stop Online Piracy Act
7 filingsthrough 2012
S. 978112th CongressA bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.7 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 4789110th CongressPerformance Rights Act7 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 30111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 801111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
S. 352111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2500110th CongressPerformance Rights Act6 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2794119th CongressNO FAKES Act of 20255 filingsthrough 2026
S. 1367119th CongressNO FAKES Act of 20255 filingsthrough 2026
S. 1670111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2913110th CongressShawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 20085 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 7913118th CongressGenerative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 20244 filingsthrough 2024
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.
Trevor W. KolegoThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon30 filingsthrough 2024
Ian S.D. MairThe Smith-Free Group, LLC30 filingsthrough 2021
Michael J RemingtonFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP29 filingsthrough 2016
W. Timothy LockeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC18 filingsthrough 2018
Summer MersingerThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist, Rep John Thune17 filingsthrough 2019
Fred CannonBroadcast Music, Inc.13 filingsthrough 2012
Daniel J GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: See Registration for Titles13 filingsthrough 2012
Bryan CunninghamPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: See Registration for Titles13 filingsthrough 2012
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. Rep. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres11 filingsthrough 2024
GO GRIFFITH jrBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing.9 filingsthrough 2010
Rhod ShawAlpine Group Partners, LLC.7 filingsthrough 2026
Patrick SatalinAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter Welch; Special Asst., Office of FHA Commissioner, Dept. of HUD7 filingsthrough 2026
Curtis PhilipAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith/Professional Staff member, House Science Cmte; Legislative Director, Rep. Louie Gohmert; Legislative Counsel, Rep. Bill Cassidy; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Chuck Grassley7 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer ForrestAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Executive Asst. Rep. Greg Walden7 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah Dumont MerchakThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Housing Finance Agency; Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee6 filingsthrough 2023
Amelia BlackwoodPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: See Registration for Titles6 filingsthrough 2010
Daniel R MurphyBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing.6 filingsthrough 2010
Philip G KikoThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Acting Dir./Dep.Dir.(Hrgs&Appls),D.O.I.5 filingsthrough 2014
Morris ReidBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing.5 filingsthrough 2010
Jessica HoyBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing2 filingsthrough 2010
Bryan CunninghamBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing.2 filingsthrough 2008
Alexander CochranBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Sen. Adv. HUD Sec. & Dep. Couns. HUD Sec.1 filingthrough 2009
Covered positions · 19 of 26 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
