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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
7 filings
$285K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
7 filings
$285K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 3592111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3592112th CongressProtecting Rural Post Offices Act of 20112 filingsthrough 2011
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.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Comm. Dir., President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform (2005) ; ; Public Affairs Specialist, Dept. of Treasury (2001-2004) ; ; Press Sec.& Dep. Com.Dir.- Senate Finance Com. (1999-2001) ; ; Intern - Rep. Steny Hoyer (May 1992)8 filingsthrough 2011
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Staff Associate Ways&Means Com. & Rep. Herger (93-97) ; ; Active, Reserve & MD National Guard; US Army Staff Sergeant8 filingsthrough 2011
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995) ; ; Chief Tax Counsel Sen. Finance Dem. staff (1997-1999)6 filingsthrough 2010
The filings
Every filing on record. Each row links to its full disclosure.
Period
Registrant
Type
Reported
Record
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2011
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
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: climax-global-energy.
7 filings
$285K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
7 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.
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)6 filingsthrough 2010
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel Rep. Matsui (1998-2001) ; ; LA Rep. Becerra (1997-1998) ; ; LA Rep. Kleczka (1996-1997) ; ; Leg. Fellow Sen. Lautenberg (1995-1996)6 filingsthrough 2010
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992) ; ; Sr. Asst. to Asst. Secretary of Treasury (1992-1993)6 filingsthrough 2010
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Leg. Director - Rep. Bill Archer (1988-1994) ; ; Staff Director Ways & Means Subcom. Oversight (1995-1998)6 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)6 filingsthrough 2010
Robert M RozenErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: LA Sen. Ford (1980-1985) ; ; LA and Leg. Counsel Sen. Mitchell (1985-1994) ; ; Leg. Counsel Sen.Maj. Leader Mitchell (1989-1994)6 filingsthrough 2010
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)6 filingsthrough 2010
Anne Elizabeth PhelpsErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst.to President (Domestic Policy/Health) 2001-2002 ; ; Bush Transition Team (Health Policy staff) 2000 ; ; Staff Director Sen. Frist (1997-2000) ; ; Health Policy Fellow Sen. Kassebaum (1996) ; ; Leg. Analyst NIH (1995-1997) ; ; Leg. Officer NIH (1992-1995) ; ; Program Analyst NIH (1991)6 filingsthrough 2010
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Chief of Staff Rep. Cardin (1987-2002)6 filingsthrough 2010
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst.Sec. to Senate Minority (1988-1995) ; ; Asst. Sec. for the Senate Majority (Oct. 1995-1996)6 filingsthrough 2010
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Whip Liason - Sen. Min.Whip Lott (2007) ; ; Dep.Asst. Leg.Affairs - VP Cheney (2004-2006) ; ; Floor Asst. Sen.Maj. Whip McConnell (2003-2004) ; ; LA Sen.Maj/Min. Leader Lott (2001-2002) ; ; LA Rep. Walter Jones (1996-2000) ; ; Summer Intern Rep. Walter Jones (summer 1995)6 filingsthrough 2010
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Counsel - H.Com. Nat. Resources (1987-2008)6 filingsthrough 2010
William HeynigerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)6 filingsthrough 2010
Holly A BodeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: HHS, Special Asst. Office of Asst. Sec. Leg. (1994-1999) ; ; Rep. Sander Levin, LA (10/1993 - 11/1994) ; ; Senate Com. on Aging, LC (12/1985 - 10/1993)6 filingsthrough 2010
Jeffrey LeveyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2010
Heather MeadeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)4 filingsthrough 2010
Daniel EsquibelErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)4 filingsthrough 2010
Richard MeltzerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Transition Coordinator Speaker of House Pelosi (2006-2007) ; ; General Counsel H.Com. on Nat. Resources (1991-1994)1 filingthrough 2009
Covered positions · 16 of 21 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
