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.
Jason GleasonCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. John Sarbanes; Legislative Director/Legislative Asst/Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Sen. Paul Sarbanes17 filingsthrough 2025
Salim AlameddinCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Asst/Legislative Aide, Rep. Will Hurd; Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Sen. John Cornyn17 filingsthrough 2025
John BreauxCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: ​US Senator (18 yrs), US Representative (2 yrs)
The filings
The 20 most recent of 53 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: charter-brokerage-llc.
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.
MAN
3 filings
$180K on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
1 filing
$140K 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.
S.Con.Res. 14117th CongressA concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.2 filingsthrough 2021
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.
17 filingsthrough 2025
Stephanie LegerCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Projects Director, Sen. Mary Landrieu; Counsel, Sen. John Breaux17 filingsthrough 2025
Josh KardonCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Ron Wyden; Legislative Director/Press Secretary, Senator Ron Wyden; and Staff Director, House Government Affairs Committee.15 filingsthrough 2024
Don NicklesThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Senator6 filingsthrough 2026
Donald KentThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Sen Ron Johnson, Chief of Staff; DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, Asst Sec; DHS Secretary Tom Ridge, Deputy Asst Sec; U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Policy Adv; Office of the Asst. Maj. Leader Nickles Policy Adv; U.S. Senator Don Nickles, Leg Asst6 filingsthrough 2026
Amy SwongerInvariant LLCCovered position: Asst for Leg Aff, Pres. Trump 2020-2021; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, Pres. Trump 2017-2020; Whip Liaison, Sen. Trent Lott 2007-2008; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, VP Cheney 2004-2006; Fl Asst, Sen. Mitch McConnell 2003-2004; Leg. Asst, Sen. Trent Lott 2001-20025 filingsthrough 2026
Carolyn G CodaInvariant LLCCovered position: Special Assistant, Office of Legislative Affairs, US Department of the Treasury (2006-2008)5 filingsthrough 2026
Ann JablonCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Richard E. Neal; Legislative Director, Rep. Richard E. Neal; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Richard E. Neal; Executive/ Legislative Assistant, Rep. Richard E. Neal.5 filingsthrough 2024
Molly FrommThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: (continued) U.S. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Deputy General Counsel, Parliamentarian, Professional Staff Member; U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, Leg. Asst., Leg. Corr., Staff Asst., Intern4 filingsthrough 2026
Samuel ScalesThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, USTR (2025); Deputy Assistant, USTR (2019-2020); Coalitions Director, House Natural Resources (2015-2016)4 filingsthrough 2026
James ObrienInvariant LLCCovered position: Pro. Staff Member, Ways and Means Committee (22-23); Rep Kevin Brady: Leg. Dir. (21-22); Sr. Leg. Asst (19-21); Sen Mitch McConnell: Leg. Correspondent (18-19); Staff Asst (17-18); Intern (16)4 filingsthrough 2025
JOHN BREAUX jrBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senate (18yrs) US Representative (2yrs)4 filingsthrough 2008
Katherine Winkler KeatingThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff to Rep. Joseph Crowley, House Democratic Caucus (5/2007-12/2018) Staffer, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee (1/2005-4/2007) Legislative Director to Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Ways and Means Committee (9/99-12/04)3 filingsthrough 2026
Benjamin R HowardThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Deputy Asst POTUS WH Leg.Afrs12/18-2/20 Deputy Dir.WH Leg.Afrs12/18-2/20 Dir Floor Ops,US House1/18-12/18 Special Asst,POTUS WH Leg.Affairs1/17-12/17 Floor Asst,US House1/11-8/14 Staff Asst,House Rep.Conf2/09-12/10 Staff Asst WH Leg Afrs6/08-1/093 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas Joseph LucasCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant: Senator Joe Manchin III3 filingsthrough 2021
Brian BallardBallard Partners2 filingsthrough 2026
Tucker KnottBallard PartnersCovered position: CoS, Rep. George Holding, U.S. House 2013-2019; Senior Advisor, Rep.Connie Conway, U.S. House 2022; CoS, Sen. Ted Budd, U.S. Senate 2023-20262 filingsthrough 2026
Richard HaselwoodBallard Partners2 filingsthrough 2026
Brian Arthur PomperAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Ch Intl Trade Cnsl, Intl Trade Cnsl, Senate Fin.2 filingsthrough 2025
Brittany Johnson HernandezCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant: Rep. Steve Cohen2 filingsthrough 2022
Kristopher DenzelInvariant LLCCovered position: COS, Rep. Brad Knott (2025-2026); Leg Director, Rep. George Holding (2014-2017); Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. George Holding (2013-2014); Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Dold (2011-2013); Leg Correspondent, Rep. Bob Dold (2011)1 filingthrough 2026
Ryan DilworthInvariant LLCCovered position: Rep. Beth Van Duyne: Chief of Staff (2024-2026), Leg Director (2021-2024); Rep. Bob Gibbs: Senior Policy Advisor (2020-2021), Sr Leg Aide (2018-2019), Leg Aide (2017), Constituent Services Representative (2015-2017)1 filingthrough 2026
David J SchiappaThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: 2001- 8/4/2013 - US Senate--Secretary for the Majority/Secretary for the Minority1 filingthrough 2025
Elizabeth KelleyThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: WH:Obama:Natl Ecnmc Cncl:Spec Asst Preesident&CofS WH:Obama:Exec Ofc-President TRD Rep:Asst US TRD Rep for Private Sector Engagement Sen John Walsh CofS Sen Max Baucus:Deputy CofS/Political Dir Rep.Earl Blumenauer:Exec Asst&Deputy Press Sec1 filingthrough 2025
Roger MurryAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg assist, Rep Tauscher; leg asst, Rep Napolitano.1 filingthrough 2024
Joseph G. FawknerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Snr Pol Adv for Rep. Carol D. Miller, Feb 20 - Jan 22.1 filingthrough 2024
Covered positions · 31 of 34 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
