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: cargill-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.
TAX
93 filings
$18.8M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
92 filings
$21.6M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
78 filings
$22.5M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
75 filings
$22.5M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
67 filings
$20M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
65 filings
$21.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
58 filings
$17.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
54 filings
$16.9M on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
53 filings
$17.4M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
29 filings
$8.6M 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.
110th Congress
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the production of certain material produced from organic matter which is available on a renewable or recurring basis.
7 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2749111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4173111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1584110th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.6 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1625116th CongressNEW GIG Act of 20195 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2012114th CongressEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 20165 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3586111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6377111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2125110th CongressRailroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 20075 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 8467118th CongressFarm, Food, and National Security Act of 20244 filingsthrough 2024
S. 3580117th CongressOcean Shipping Reform Act of 20224 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4800114th CongressTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange involving lands within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and for other purposes.4 filingsthrough 2015
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.
Andrew HarkerThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: House Agriculture Committee Intern47 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth StruseCargill, Inc.43 filingsthrough 2026
Jeff McmillenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff dir, H Ways & Means Subcomm on Sel Rev Measures, Mar 01-Mar 04; staff, H Ways & Means Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 0138 filingsthrough 2026
Katherine Jane HoustonCargill, Inc.35 filingsthrough 2018
Kelsey FreemanCargill, Inc.27 filingsthrough 2026
Jon HixsonCargill, Inc.26 filingsthrough 2017
David Daniel NelsonGlobal Business Policy-Dc25 filingsthrough 2024
Devry S BoughnerCargill, Inc.25 filingsthrough 2015
Jessica SchulkenThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Clerk and Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies24 filingsthrough 2024
Zach J KinneCargill, Inc.24 filingsthrough 2022
Michael L MullinsCargill, Inc.24 filingsthrough 2014
Bryan DierlamCargill, Inc.23 filingsthrough 2016
Ashlee Nicole JohnsonThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Staff Assistant, Rep. Mike Ross; Executive Assistant, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Legislative Analyst, White House Liaison, Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary, USDA; Policy Assistant, Domestic Policy Council20 filingsthrough 2026
Karla ThiemanThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, USDA; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry18 filingsthrough 2021
Robert Charles FrederickCargill, Inc.16 filingsthrough 2026
Jonathan ScharfenCargill, Inc.16 filingsthrough 2022
Emily Jane DimieroCargill, Inc.14 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary RudisillAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Portman, Jun 14-May 18, Tax Counsel; Rep. Dave Reichert, Jul 12-Jun 14,Legslat Directr/Tax Counsl; House Ways Means Comm, Dec 10-Jul 12; Rep. Dave Camp, Legislative Assist; House Ways and Means Comm.Aug. 10-Nov. 10,Rep Dave Camp, Intern14 filingsthrough 2023
Samantha BuchalterThe Russell Group, Inc.11 filingsthrough 2024
Ashley MckeonCargill, Inc.11 filingsthrough 2022
Kathryn UngerCargill, Inc.10 filingsthrough 2022
Ed PaganoAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014; Dep Asst to the President for Leg Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14; CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005-11; Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, 1997-0410 filingsthrough 2019
Kyle NevinsHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-06.9 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 28 of 68 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
