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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
63 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
37 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Agriculture
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 31 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
S. 952119th CongressA bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform 8-digit subheading number for all whiskies.6 filingsthrough 2026
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: brown-forman-corp.
AGR
12 filings
$600K on those filings
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ALC
4 filings
$270K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
4 filings
$270K on those filings
Railroads
RRR
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.
117th Congress
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
6 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1562114th CongressCraft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 20156 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1781118th CongressA bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform 8-digit subheading number for all whiskies.5 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2256119th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20264 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 3970110th CongressTax Reduction and Reform Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4194110th CongressUnderage Drinking Prevention Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5582118th CongressWhite Oak Resilience Act3 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 4505117th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20223 filingsthrough 2022
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 2018.3 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4441114th CongressAviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2658114th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
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.
Scott NelsonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Dep Director -DOE; Dep COS Senator Dorgan13 filingsthrough 2026
Patrick G HeckK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Subcomm. of House Ways & Means Comm.13 filingsthrough 2012
Emanuel L RouvelasK&L Gates, LLP12 filingsthrough 2020
William KirkK&L Gates, LLP10 filingsthrough 2015
Stacy EttingerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Atty/Chief, AD/CVD Regulation/Assoc Ch Cnsl, DoC, Office of Genl Cnsl; Trade Cnsl detailee from DoC to JEC; Dep Staff Dir, JEC; Sr Cnsl, Sen Schumer; Sr Cnsl/Acting Dep Staff Dir/Ch Cnsl/Dem Ch Cnsl, Sen Comm Rules & Admin8 filingsthrough 2022
Scott J. GelbmanK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer7 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan CarneyK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom MacArthur; Chief of Staff, Rep. Bryan Steil; Staff Director, House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth; Senior Advisor, Committee on House Administration7 filingsthrough 2025
Scott AliferisK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: LD, Rep Upton7 filingsthrough 2021
Tim PeckinpaughK&L Gates, LLP7 filingsthrough 2015
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman2 filingsthrough 2020
Nathaniel BolinK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2025
Matthew ManningK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Legislative Director, Congressman Jimmy Panetta; Military Legislative Assistant, Congressman Brad Ashford; Legislative Aid, Senator Mark Udall1 filingthrough 2022
Roderick D. HallK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Asst Administrator for Government Affairs, FAA; Deputy Chief of Staff/LA/District Outreach Director, Rep Johnson1 filingthrough 2021
Jeffrey J. DenhamK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman1 filingthrough 2020
Karishma Shah PageK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2014
Nicholas LeibhamK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman1 filingthrough 2012
Covered positions · 20 of 31 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
