67 filings from 3 registrants · 2008–2018 · latest filed Jan 18, 2019
Reported on its behalf
$2.6M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$2.6M
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.
Timothy P HechtHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & AssocCovered position: Deputy Counselor and Special Assistant to the Secretary of ; ; Commerce[1989-1991]; Deputy Political Director, The White ; ; House [1992-1993].30 filingsthrough 2018
FRANKLIN C PHIFER jrHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & AssocCovered position: Professional Staff member; Subcommittee on Trade, House ; ; Committee on Ways & Means[1981-94]; Counsel to the Acting ; ; Chairman House Committee on Ways & Means [1994] ; ; Minority Counsel House Committee on Ways & Means [95-97].30 filingsthrough 2018
William H HechtHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc27 filingsthrough 2017
The filings
The 20 most recent of 67 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
Period
Registrant
Type
Reported
Record
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2018
Hecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc
Hecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc
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: clean-energy-fuels-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.
TRA
46 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
43 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
9 filings
$415K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
1 filing
$90K 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.
112th Congress
New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011
13 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1364113th CongressNew Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1863112th CongressNew Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 20117 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1835111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1408111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3264115th CongressBiodiesel, Renewable Diesel, and Alternative Fuels Extension Act of 20173 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3266115th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1609115th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2256115th CongressTax Extender Act of 20172 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 5055114th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20172 filingsthrough 2016
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 Cummins
North Bridge Communications, Inc.
24 filingsthrough 2017
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Dir of Congressional16 filingsthrough 2012
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey16 filingsthrough 2012
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: General Counsel & Policy Dir, House Republican Conference16 filingsthrough 2012
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist;12 filingsthrough 2011
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln12 filingsthrough 2011
Jamie BrownMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Special Asst. to President for Legislative Affairs; Acting12 filingsthrough 2011
Colette DesmaraisMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley; LA, Sen. Chafee12 filingsthrough 2011
Thomas Paul LathamHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & AssocCovered position: Member of Congress, 1995 - 2015, R-Iowa10 filingsthrough 2018
Jonathan Russell HogansonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Rahm Emanuel9 filingsthrough 2011
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Prof Staff, House Cmte on Homeland Security8 filingsthrough 2011
