51 filings from 8 registrants · 2008–2014 · latest filed Jun 16, 2014
Reported on its behalf
$3.2M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3.2M
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.
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: comcast.
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.
TAX
23 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Sports/Athletics
SPO
8 filings
$650K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
3 filings
$270K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
3 filings
$270K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$270K on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
3 filings
$270K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
3 filings
$50K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
2 filings
$40K 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.
through 2010
S. 3217111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5353110th CongressInternet Freedom Preservation Act of 20085 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3458111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3679110th CongressState Video Tax Fairness Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3679111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3970110th CongressTax Reduction and Reform Act of 20073 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5140110th CongressEconomic Stimulus Act of 20083 filingsthrough 2008
H.J.Res. 37112th CongressDisapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.2 filingsthrough 2011
H.R. 3523112th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act2 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2009
H.R. 2994111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
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.
through 2010
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jrC2 Group, LLC10 filingsthrough 2010
John ClineC2 Group, LLC10 filingsthrough 2010
Don LysterCapitol SolutionsCovered position: Legislative Aide, Senator Paul S. Sarbanes9 filingsthrough 2011
Singleton B McallisterLeclairryan, PCCovered position: N/A7 filingsthrough 2010
