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.
Benjamin KleinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)48 filingsthrough 2025
Bryan CunninghamPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: LC Sen. Gregg; Intern, Sen. Bennett; Policy Advsr & LA, Sen Ensign; LA Rep LoBiondo.46 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel J GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: Intern, Rep. McMillan; COS, Rep Riley; LD, Rep Martini; Sr LA, Rep. Franks.
The filings
The 20 most recent of 234 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: cigna-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.
86 filings
$6.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
45 filings
$3.1M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
40 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
21 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Defense
DEF
19 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
8 filings
$640K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
5 filings
$300K on those filings
Retirement
RET
4 filings
$243K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$211K on those filings
Insurance
INS
3 filings
$221K 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.
116th Congress
Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019
13 filingsthrough 2020
S. 172116th CongressHealth Insurance Tax Relief Act of 201913 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1628115th CongressAmerican Health Care Act of 201713 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3545115th CongressOverdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act13 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4616115th CongressEmployer Relief Act of 201812 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4620115th CongressProtecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 201712 filingsthrough 2018
S. 58115th CongressMiddle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 201712 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 861116th CongressEnd Surprise Billing Act of 201911 filingsthrough 2020
S. 684116th CongressMiddle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 201911 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.10 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 6115th CongressSUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3502116th CongressProtecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act9 filingsthrough 2020
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.
42 filingsthrough 2025
Jon GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: Dpty CoS & Policy Dir-Sen.Kyl/GOP Whip Ofc; Policy Cnsl-Sen Kyl/GOP Whip Ofc; Dpty Assoc Dir (Senate), OMB, Leg. Aff; Policy Cnsl/Analyst-Sen Kyl/Sen Rep Plcy Cmte; Leg.Cnsl, Rep Frelinghuysen; Law Clerk-DoT Amtrak Reform Cnsl; Intern-Rep Hefley.36 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew MckechnieTiber CreekCovered position: Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Finance CommitteeLegislative Assistant, Senator Norm ColemanLegislative Assistant, Rep. Jim RamstadBipartisan Medical Technology Caucus35 filingsthrough 2021
Stacey HughesThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Senator Connie Mack, Leg. Asst / Scheduler34 filingsthrough 2020
John Michael GonzalezTiber CreekCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Melissa Bean31 filingsthrough 2020
Bryant HallTiber CreekCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator Bob GrahamHealth Care Counsel, Senator Bob GrahamLegislative Director, Senator Bob GrahamStaff Director, Senate Comm. on Veterans Affairs29 filingsthrough 2019
Heather PodestaInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui;Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy;Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley;Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office29 filingsthrough 2018
Kathryn WiseInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir, Rep. Vern Buchanan (2014-2015) Leg. Dir, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2013-2014) Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2011-2013) Legislative Correspondent/Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2010-2011) Staff Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2009-2010)28 filingsthrough 2025
Rachel Jones HenslerThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir.; Office of U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, Legislative Assistant; Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Legislative Assistant; Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Legislative Correspondent.20 filingsthrough 2023
Don NicklesThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Senator18 filingsthrough 2017
Jeff ShapiroTiber Creek17 filingsthrough 2019
Doug BadgerThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: Deputy Assistant to the President for Leg. Affairs16 filingsthrough 2012
Lindley ShererInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief/Staff, Rep. Elise Stefanik (2015-2018); Leg Dir, Rep. Scott Tipton (2013-2014); Leg Dir, Rep. Todd Rokita (2011-2013); Spec Adv, Treas Dept (2007-2008); Spec Asst, Exec Off. of the Pres (2005-2006); Spec Asst, Off. of the VP (2002-2005)14 filingsthrough 2024
JAMES BROWN iiiBose Public Affairs Group14 filingsthrough 2021
Victor SmithBose Public Affairs Group14 filingsthrough 2021
Mitch RoobBose Public Affairs Group14 filingsthrough 2021
Jay HeimbachTiber CreekCovered position: Special Asst to the President, The White House/CoS Senator Sherrod Brown/FCC - CSB and Congressional Affairs/OLA, The White House13 filingsthrough 2021
Drew GriffinInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Latta (2019-2022); Comms Dir, Rep. Robert Latta (2016-2019); Press Sec, Rep. Erik Paulsen (2014-2016); Press Sec, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2013-2014); Staff Asst, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2011-2013)12 filingsthrough 2026
Janet Mullins GrissomTiber CreekCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Mitch McConnellChief of Staff, Senator Bob PackwoodAssist. to the President, Political Affairs12 filingsthrough 2015
Sheila MurphyTiber CreekCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Bob KerreyLegislative Director, Senator Ben NelsonLegislative Director, Senator Tom CarperLD and Interim COS, Senator Amy KlobucharSubcomm. on Fed. Financial MgmntSenior Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Daschle12 filingsthrough 2015
Joseph H GibsonThe Gibson Group, LLCCovered position: Counsel for Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs Anti-Trust Division, DOJ 2001-2002; Chief Antitrust Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1997-2001; Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1995-199711 filingsthrough 2020
Greg D'AngeloThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: White House Office of Management and Budget, Associate Director of Health Programs; Senate Committee on the Budget (Sen. Gregg, Sen. Sessions, and Sen. Enzi), Professional Staff Member.10 filingsthrough 2023
R Timothy ColumbusSteptoe LLP10 filingsthrough 2011
THOMAS J BLILEY jrSteptoe LLPCovered position: Chairman, House Energy and Commerce10 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 50 of 64 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
