41 filings from 5 registrants · 2008–2026 · latest filed Feb 13, 2026
Reported on its behalf
$760K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$760K
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
38 filings
$760K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
12 filings
$510K 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 — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
S. 33114th CongressLNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 89114th CongressDomestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act5 filingsthrough 2015
WILLIAM S COOPER iiiCumberland North America, LLCCovered position: Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee24 filingsthrough 2014
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House ; ; Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy ; ; Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res ; ; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, ; ; Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz11 filingsthrough 2015
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC ; ; Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum11 filingsthrough 2015
The filings
The 20 most recent of 41 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: center-for-liquefied-natural-gas.
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.
spend on filings that named this issue
114th Congress
LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act
3 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 6113th CongressDomestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act1 filingthrough 2014
S. 2494113th CongressNatural Gas Export Promotion 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.
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln11 filingsthrough 2015
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg; LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett11 filingsthrough 2015
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep ; ; Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey11 filingsthrough 2015
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference11 filingsthrough 2015
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member ; ; Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of ; ; Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter11 filingsthrough 2015
Susan ZookMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Intern, Rep. Bill Shuster8 filingsthrough 2015
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner ; ; Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs, VP Cheney ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey ; ; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown8 filingsthrough 2014
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh6 filingsthrough 2015
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist6 filingsthrough 2014
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security6 filingsthrough 2014
Stacey RampyMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer5 filingsthrough 2014
Casey O'SheaFti Government AffairsCovered position: Scheduler, Representative Brad Miller, Chief of Staff, Representative Charlie Melancon4 filingsthrough 2015
Kelly Rucker BingelMustang Government Strategies LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff for former U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln3 filingsthrough 2015
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means; Policy Director, White House; Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House); Policy Advisor, Rep. Rahm Emanuel; Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy2 filingsthrough 2015
Kellie DonnellyLot Sixteen LLCCovered position: Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources1 filingthrough 2026
Chelsea Marie BaltesLot Sixteen LLCCovered position: N/A1 filingthrough 2026
Ashley Nichols (Mcmanus)Lot Sixteen LLCCovered position: Subcommittee Staff Director, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Natural Resources; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jo Bonner1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 21 of 21 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
