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: cms-energy-corp.
$315K
fees reported
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Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee paid to an outside firm. See the full list.
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.
ENV
70 filings
$19.7M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
68 filings
$19.6M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
67 filings
$19.3M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
64 filings
$17.9M on those filings
Banking
BAN
44 filings
$11.5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
42 filings
$12.7M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
39 filings
$3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
38 filings
$10.7M on those filings
Utilities
UTI
36 filings
$10.6M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
34 filings
$10.1M 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
Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act
10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2510114th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation.10 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4850111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.J.Res. 39118th CongressDisapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1118th CongressLower Energy Costs Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1335118th CongressTAPP American Resources Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5376118th CongressShare the Savings with Seniors Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 893118th CongressHeating and Cooling Relief Act9 filingsthrough 2024
S. 405118th CongressHeating and Cooling Relief Act9 filingsthrough 2024
S.J.Res. 15118th CongressA joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1743116th CongressAdvancing Grid Storage Act of 20199 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.
Gregory NickersonThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Staff Dir., Ways&Means Subcom. on Select Reven.
24 filingsthrough 2015
Gabriel TerryCms Energy CorpCovered position: Manager, Federal Governmental Affairs22 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel F. C. CrowleyK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: GC, Office of the Speaker; GC, Comm on House Oversight ; ; Minority Counsel, Comm on House Administration22 filingsthrough 2019
Jan FowlerThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Intern; Representative McCrery22 filingsthrough 2015
Mary Burke BakerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Large Case Team Coordinator, IRS; Motor Vehicle Industry Specialist, IRS; Technical Advisor Mgr, IRS; Mgr, Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, IRS; Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Senate Finance Committee20 filingsthrough 2025
Lindsay Esson BiscardiCms Energy CorpCovered position: Director, Federal Governmental Affairs13 filingsthrough 2026
DEAN BRAZIER jrK&L Gates, LLP11 filingsthrough 2020
Jon W AllanCms Energy Corp10 filingsthrough 2012
Brian DiffellThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Special Assistant to the Chief Deputy Whip9 filingsthrough 2015
Mark Andrew RoszakK&L Gates, LLP7 filingsthrough 2017
Scott J. GelbmanK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer6 filingsthrough 2026
Noushin JahanianThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Policy Advisor, Senate Democratic Policy Comm.6 filingsthrough 2011
Matthew LeggettK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Min Ch Cnsl, Sen Energy & Natural Resources Comm; Maj Ch Cnsl, Sen Environment & Public Works Comm; Maj Deputy Ch Cnsl, Sen Environment & Public Works Comm; Policy Cnsl, Sen Republican Policy Comm; Leg Cnsl, Rep. Tim Murphy; Leg Asst, House Ag Comm5 filingsthrough 2026
William KirkK&L Gates, LLP4 filingsthrough 2019
Collins ClarkK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Intern, Sen Smith4 filingsthrough 2014
George A PickartCms Energy Corp4 filingsthrough 2008
David SkillmanK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Dep CoS, Counsel Rep. Earl Blumenauer3 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher IannuzziCms Energy CorpCovered position: Senior Director of Federal & Regulatory Affairs3 filingsthrough 2022
Thomas Finch FultonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Rep. Jim McCrery; Dir of Constituent Services, Systems Admin, Rep. John Fleming; Leg Correspondent/Leg Assistant Sen. Jeff Sessions; Special Advisor to the Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Dept. of Transportation2 filingsthrough 2024
Scott NelsonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Sen. Byron Dorgan - Asst. Chief of Staff, Leg, Assistant, Dep. Chief of Staff; Dept. of Energy - Deputy Director of Scheduling & Advance2 filingsthrough 2021
Daniel S. Nunez CohenK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2021
Tim PeckinpaughK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2020
Steven Richards ValentineK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith2 filingsthrough 2020
Nancy Ellen MccarthyThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Tax Counsel, Committee on Finance2 filingsthrough 2009
Pamela GarvieK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2019
Bart GordonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman1 filingthrough 2018
Covered positions · 23 of 34 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
