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.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
265 filings
$61.6M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
196 filings
$57.8M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 151 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2513116th CongressCorporate Transparency Act of 201918 filingsthrough 2020
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 2018.14 filingsthrough 2018
Kyle NevinsHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-0645 filingsthrough 2026
Steve StombresHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip 08-09; Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief DeputyMajorityWhip04-07; Chief of Staff, Congressman Eric Cantor 01-0345 filingsthrough 2026
Manny RossmanHarbinger Strategies, LLC Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen. Trent Lott 05-06; Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Crane 03-04; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Phil Crane 01-02
The filings
The 20 most recent of 354 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: citigroup-washington-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.
TRD
126 filings
$53.9M on those filings
Banking
BAN
89 filings
$4.3M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
66 filings
$30.1M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
34 filings
$25.5M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
33 filings
$33.9M on those filings
Housing
HOU
30 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
29 filings
$33.7M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
4 filings
$240K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
4 filings
$240K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
4 filings
$240K 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.
115th Congress
Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017
14 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2155115th CongressEconomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act14 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1838118th CongressCredit Card Competition Act of 202313 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1116th CongressFor the People Act of 201912 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.10 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 2392119th CongressSTABLE Act of 20259 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 2514116th CongressCoordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 20199 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 266116th CongressPaycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act9 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2381119th CongressPROACTIV Artificial Intelligence Data Act of 20258 filingsthrough 2026
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:
45 filingsthrough 2026
Michael SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.44 filingsthrough 2026
Todd WebsterCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)44 filingsthrough 2026
Candida Perotti WolffCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Assistant to the President, Legislative Affairs (Bush); Assistant to the Vice President, Legislative Affairs (Bush); Deputy Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee; Counsel, Senate Steering Committee; Tax Counsel, Senator Malcolm Wallop44 filingsthrough 2026
Alexander SternhellSternhell GroupCovered position: Deputy Staff Director/Sr. Policy Advisor, US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Leg. Director, Rep. James Maloney; Leg. Director, Rep. William Orton; Leg. Assistant, Rep. Marion Berry; Leg. Assistant, Rep. James Bacchus43 filingsthrough 2026
Maura WoosleyCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Congressional Affairs Specialist, Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of Treasury.42 filingsthrough 2025
Mike AhernSternhell GroupCovered position: Legislative Asst., Rep. Ed Royce; Legislative Director, Rep. Ed Royce; Senior Professional Staffer, House Financial Services Committee; Banking Legislative Asst., Sen. Bob Corker; Transition Team, Federal Housing Finance Agency35 filingsthrough 2026
Jonathan SlemrodHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18, Policy Advisor, Office of the Sen. Republican Whip, '12-'17, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Marco Rubio '11-'1232 filingsthrough 2026
William RysCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Director, Representative Melissa Hart; Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of Treasury.32 filingsthrough 2023
William Campbell King MuellerMindset Advocacy, LLCCovered position: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Banking and Finance30 filingsthrough 2022
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, (Rep. R. Lofgren); Dir. of Congressional Relations, FTC; Dep. Dir. for Legis. Affairs, Office of VP (Gore); Staff Asst., (Sen. H. Metzenbaum)29 filingsthrough 2026
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Dir., Cmte on Ways & Means; Dep. Staff Dir. (Maj.), Cmte on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Cmte on Ways & Means; Comm. Dir. (Rep. D Camp)29 filingsthrough 2026
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Dir. of Legis. Affairs, Office of VP (Gore); Assoc. Dir, Senate Democratic Steering Cmte (Sen. T. Daschle)29 filingsthrough 2026
Heather MchughResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Schumer (2010-2013); Legislative Director, Congressman Israel (2003-2007); Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Velazquez (2000-2003).28 filingsthrough 2024
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, (Sen. D. Coats); Counsel/Legis. Dir., (Sen. J. Gregg); Gen. Counsel, (Sen. S. Dole)25 filingsthrough 2025
Lea Fisher SulkalaResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Etheridge.25 filingsthrough 2024
Stephen M. CoteMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)21 filingsthrough 2026
Jeffrey LeveyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)20 filingsthrough 2024
Charles M BrainCapitol Hill Strategies, LLCCovered position: Asst. to the President, Dp. Chief Staff W&M Cmte.18 filingsthrough 2019
Paul ThornellCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Gore; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle.17 filingsthrough 2019
Tanner DanielCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Rep. David Scott (GA) Senior Leg Assistant 2016-2018 Rep. Scott Peters (CA) Leg Aid / Leg Correspondent 2014-2015 Rep. John Delaney (MD) Staff Assistant 2013-201416 filingsthrough 2026
Robert J SchellhasErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 94-96 Deputy CoS to Rep. John Boehner; 99-02 CoS to Rep. Rob Portman16 filingsthrough 2024
Elizabeth Grey StanleyResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle (2021); Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Lowey (2005-2019); Communications Dir/Press Sec, Congresswoman Lowey (2001-2004); Special Assistant/Scheduler, Senator Schumer (1999-2000).16 filingsthrough 2024
James M JohnsonCitigroup Washington, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, US Senate Banking Committee; Counsel, US Senate Banking Committee.15 filingsthrough 2019
Covered positions · 100 of 106 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
