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: cox-enterprises-inc.
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
202 filings
$61.9M on those filings
Automotive Industry
AUT
113 filings
$42.9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
74 filings
$52.9M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
49 filings
$11.2M on those filings
Retirement
RET
47 filings
$25.1M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
45 filings
$35.3M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
35 filings
$13.4M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
28 filings
$11.5M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
23 filings
$14.6M on those filings
Media (information/publishing)
MIA
17 filings
$13.7M 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.
116th Congress
Save the Internet Act of 2019
13 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3938118th CongressBuild It in America Act12 filingsthrough 2024
H.Con.Res. 16113th CongressSupporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.12 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 624113th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act12 filingsthrough 2014
S. 21113th CongressCybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 201312 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1409118th CongressKids Online Safety Act10 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1418118th CongressChildren and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act10 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2682116th CongressAgricultural News and Rural Content Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 900114th CongressUsed Car Safety Recall Repair Act10 filingsthrough 2016
S. 912113th CongressTelevision Consumer Freedom Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 848111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1207118th CongressEARN IT Act of 20239 filingsthrough 2024
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.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Covered position: pol aide, Rep Clayton, Oct 97-Jan 98
54 filingsthrough 2024
Geoff VerhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: press aide, S Fin Comm, Aug 99-Nov 0049 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan EllisAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld48 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer Larkin LukawskiBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Leg. Dir. Rep. Dornan, Ex. Dir., U.S. House Con. Act. Team (Rep. Study Comm.); Intern, Staff Asst. Rep. Courter47 filingsthrough 2026
Jonathan MantzBgr Government AffairsCovered position: N/A47 filingsthrough 2026
Jeff MackinnonFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (RTexas)46 filingsthrough 2026
Jeffery C. MortierFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte, LA Rep Whitfield and Intern Devin Nunes46 filingsthrough 2026
Nick KolovosRivendell Group LLPCovered position: LA and Counsel, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)44 filingsthrough 2026
Matthew Lawrence BerzokRivendell Group LLPCovered position: LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch44 filingsthrough 2026
Erskine W WellsBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran42 filingsthrough 2025
Sarah WalterFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Former Legislative Director/Chief Counsel, Sen. John Breaux40 filingsthrough 2026
Bill PaxonAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld40 filingsthrough 2018
Edward WhitfieldFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: U.S. Representative (21 yrs.)37 filingsthrough 2026
David RuddDavid Rudd & Associates LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Fritz Hollings35 filingsthrough 2026
Justin RzepkaBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Leg. Aide Sen. Ensign32 filingsthrough 2026
Sonya Lynn Wendell ManfrediCox Enterprises Inc.Covered position: Sr. Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Clair McCaskill; Legislative Director, Sr. Legislative Assistant - Rep. Bart Stupak; Aide - House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee; Legislative Correspondent - Sen. Tom Harkin31 filingsthrough 2026
Joel JankowskyAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld31 filingsthrough 2016
Zachary RudisillAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Portman, Jun 14-May 18, Tax Counsel; Rep. Dave Reichert, Jul 12-Jun 14,Legslat Directr/Tax Counsl; House Ways Means Comm, Dec 10-Jul 12; Rep. Dave Camp, Legislative Assist; House Ways and Means Comm.Aug. 10-Nov. 10,Rep Dave Camp, Intern.28 filingsthrough 2026
Laura RychakCox Enterprises Inc.Covered position: N/A28 filingsthrough 2015
David StewartSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: Nov '15-Apr '18, Maj. SD Ways and Means; June '13-Nov '15, Pol Dir, Speaker Boehner; Dec '08-Jan '11: Pol Adv, Rep Boehner; Jan '11-June '13, Asst for Policy, Rep Boehner; Apr '07-Dec '08 Dep COS and LD, Rep English21 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 52 of 72 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
