30 filings from 1 registrant · 2011–2018 · latest filed Jan 18, 2019
Reported on its behalf
$620K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$620K
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.
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.
Defense
DEF
29 filings
$600K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
19 filings
$390K on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 1735114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20163 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 4441114th CongressAviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House ; ; Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy ; ; Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res ; ; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, ; ; Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz33 filingsthrough 2018
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC ; ; Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum33 filingsthrough 2018
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett
The filings
The 20 most recent of 30 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: colorado-springs-regional-business-alliance.
18 filings
$380K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
14 filings
$290K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
10 filings
$200K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
10 filings
$200K on those filings
Veterans
VET
9 filings
$190K on those filings
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
WAS
7 filings
$150K on those filings
Travel/Tourism
TOU
2 filings
$50K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
1 filing
$30K 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.
114th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
3 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2658114th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2814114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2943114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20173 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4435113th CongressHoward P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20153 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2410113th CongressCarl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20153 filingsthrough 2014
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.
33 filings
through 2018
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep ; ; Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey33 filingsthrough 2018
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference33 filingsthrough 2018
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter25 filingsthrough 2018
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh19 filingsthrough 2018
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster15 filingsthrough 2018
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown15 filingsthrough 2014
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall14 filingsthrough 2018
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist14 filingsthrough 2014
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security14 filingsthrough 2014
Stacey RampyMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer13 filingsthrough 2014
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole10 filingsthrough 2018
Susan ZookMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Intern, Rep. Bill Shuster8 filingsthrough 2015
Cynthia BrownMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind ; ; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Stupak7 filingsthrough 2012
Jonathan Russell HogansonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus ; ; Leg Dir, Rep. Rahm Emanuel5 filingsthrough 2012
Colette DesmaraisMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley; LA, Sen. Chafee3 filingsthrough 2011
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee2 filingsthrough 2018
Steve HaroMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra2 filingsthrough 2018
Jamie BrownMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Spec Asst to President for Leg Affairs ( G.W. Bush); Acting ; ; Asst AG for Leg Affairs, DoJ; Leg Counsel, Sen. Connie Mack2 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 24 of 24 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
