101 filings from 8 registrants · 2008–2021 · latest filed Feb 3, 2021
Reported on its behalf
$16M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$12.7M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3.4M
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.
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: chesapeake-energy-corporation.
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
41 filings
$11.8M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
32 filings
$7.9M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
29 filings
$6.8M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
13 filings
$4.7M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
13 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
7 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
7 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
6 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
5 filings
$260K on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
4 filings
$285K 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.
113th Congress
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements.
9 filingsthrough 2014
S. 192113th CongressExpedited LNG for American Allies Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 161114th CongressNatural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1667114th Congress21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 351114th CongressLNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 585114th CongressTo amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements.8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 292114th Congress21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 293114th CongressA bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements.8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 33114th CongressLNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 411114th CongressNatural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1009113th CongressChemical Safety Improvement Act8 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2191110th CongressLieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 20078 filingsthrough 2008
S. 577115th CongressProviding Accountability Through Transparency Act of 20177 filingsthrough 2018
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.
Covered position: Senior Counsel, DOE (2007-2009)
16 filingsthrough 2015
Elizabeth Dee MartinBracewell LLP16 filingsthrough 2015
Kenneth DubersteinThe Duberstein Group Inc.11 filingsthrough 2014
Scott ParsonsDelta Strategy GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, CFTC; LA, Congressman Pickering9 filingsthrough 2013
Graham HarperDelta Strategy GroupCovered position: LA, Ag Cmte; LA, Approps Cmte; Liason, CFTC9 filingsthrough 2013
Jim NewsomeDelta Strategy GroupCovered position: Chairman, CFTC9 filingsthrough 2013
Marti ThomasThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Flr Aide & Exec.Flr Asst. to Maj. Ldr Gephardt ; ; Deputy Asst Sec Tax & Budget, Treasury ; ; Acting & Asst Sec. Legis. Affrs, Treasury7 filingsthrough 2013
M Justin AckleyBracewell LLP7 filingsthrough 2013
Tom PriceChesapeake Energy Corporation7 filingsthrough 2011
Adam S OlsenIntegrated Solutions Group7 filingsthrough 2010
Brian GriffinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: StaffAsst, DemPolicyComm; FlrAsst, MinoritySec ; ; Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan6 filingsthrough 2012
Steven ChamplinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: ExecFlrAsst, H. Maj. Whip; ExecDir, H.DemCauc.6 filingsthrough 2012
Michael BermanThe Duberstein Group Inc.6 filingsthrough 2012
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Speaker Newt Gingrich ; ; Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush6 filingsthrough 2012
Gregory C StapleVinson & Elkins LLP6 filingsthrough 2009
Christopher CarrC2e2 Strategies, LLC4 filingsthrough 2010
