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: cisco-systems-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.
CPT
153 filings
$44.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
140 filings
$42.8M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
137 filings
$22.1M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
80 filings
$36.7M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
35 filings
$14.6M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
31 filings
$19.2M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
31 filings
$14.3M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
28 filings
$13.5M on those filings
Education
EDU
25 filings
$8M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
22 filings
$12.8M 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.
119th Congress
SAFE Supply Chains Act
13 filingsthrough 2026
S. 1362119th CongressSAFE Supply Chains Act13 filingsthrough 2026
S. 1013113th CongressPatent Abuse Reduction Act of 201313 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1574119th CongressRESTORE Patent Rights Act of 202512 filingsthrough 2026
S. 708119th CongressRESTORE Patent Rights Act of 202512 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.12 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3684118th CongressDouglas Mike Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act of 202311 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.9 filingsthrough 2026
S. 2220119th CongressFighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 20259 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 3684117th CongressInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act9 filingsthrough 2022
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.
Paul RediferCisco Systems, IncCovered position: N/A59 filingsthrough 2022
Brian PetersFranklin Square Group, LLCCovered position: PRESS SECRETARY & LEG ASST-REP INSLEE48 filingsthrough 2022
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson ; ; Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen47 filingsthrough 2026
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs47 filingsthrough 2026
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education ; ; Special Assistant to the President ; ; Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House47 filingsthrough 2026
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering ; ; Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering47 filingsthrough 2026
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Correspondent, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Aide, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Appropriations Coordinator, Senator McConnell ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell45 filingsthrough 2025
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence42 filingsthrough 2025
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)42 filingsthrough 2019
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham2 ; ; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor41 filingsthrough 2024
Sarah Beth JansenFranklin Square Group, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Sen. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Cmte (Sen. Tom Coburn); General Counsel, Counsel, Judiciary Rep. -Sen. Judiciary Cmte/Privacy Tech & Law Subcmte (Sen. Tom Coburn), Intern -Sen. Jeff Sessions; Intern -House Judiciary Committee36 filingsthrough 2026
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)36 filingsthrough 2018
Eric ZulkoskyFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole33 filingsthrough 2025
Joshua BaggettCisco Systems, IncCovered position: LEG DIRECTOR-REP KINZINGER; SENIOR LEG ASSISTANT/COMMITTEE AIDE-REP KINZINGER/COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & COMMERCE; LEG ASSISTANT-REP SCHOCK/COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE; LEG CORRESPONDENT & STAFF ASSISTANT-REP HULSHOF; INTERN-REP BLUNT31 filingsthrough 2023
Susan BrophyFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Byron Dorgan ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator Tim Wirth ; ; Dep. Asst.to the President for Leg. Affairs30 filingsthrough 2019
Gregg RothschildFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator John Kerry ; ; Counsel, Senate Committee on Small Business ; ; Legislative Director, Senator John Kerry ; ; Minority Telecommunications Counsel, House Committee on ; ; Energy and Commerce ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel, House Committee on30 filingsthrough 2019
Michael TimmenyCisco Systems, IncCovered position: N/A28 filingsthrough 2020
Brian Steven GastonFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Member Services Director, Republican ; ; Conference Committee, Chairman Dick Armey ; ; Republican Conference Committee Chairman ; ; John Boehner ; ; Policy Director, House Maj. Leader Dick Armey ; ; Policy Director, House Maj.Whip Roy Blunt ; ; Chief of Staff, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt ; ; Leadership Advisor, Rep. Roy Blunt28 filingsthrough 2019
Robert Wesley HarrisFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Staff Assistant, Rep. Frank Balance ; ; Special Assistant, Rep. Frank Balance ; ; Legislative Assistant, Rep. G.K. Butterfield ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. G.K. Butterfield ; ; Legislative Director, Rep. G.K. Butterfield ; ; House Floor Assistant, Rep. G.K. Butterfield28 filingsthrough 2019
Mary BrownCisco Systems, IncCovered position: N/A28 filingsthrough 2016
Eric WengerCisco Systems, IncCovered position: N/A26 filingsthrough 2019
Waldo McmillanCisco Systems, IncCovered position: COUNSEL, US SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID (2004-2007)25 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan TripletteFranklin Square Group, LLCCovered position: Chief IP Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee24 filingsthrough 2017
Paul BrathwaiteFederal Street Strategies, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, Department of Labor; Chief of Staff, ESA, Department of Labor; Special Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor.20 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 110 of 133 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
