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: csx-corporation.
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
80 filings
$46.5M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
70 filings
$21.1M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
61 filings
$27M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
52 filings
$23.1M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
43 filings
$31.5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
38 filings
$6M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
35 filings
$8.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
24 filings
$22.4M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
19 filings
$10.1M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
12 filings
$7.1M 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.
112th Congress
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2011
18 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 233111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.18 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 612113th CongressSafe and Efficient Transportation Act of 201312 filingsthrough 2014
S. 650114th CongressRailroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act11 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1806111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 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.
W. Timothy Locke
The Smith-Free Group, LLC
62 filingsthrough 2024
Brian GriffinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan51 filingsthrough 2024
David J SchiappaThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sen. Asst. Sec. for Majority; Sen. Sec. Majority/Minority47 filingsthrough 2026
Anne Chettle ReinkeCsx Corporation43 filingsthrough 2019
Trevor W. KolegoThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner37 filingsthrough 2026
John T JarvisMcglotten & Jarvis35 filingsthrough 2016
Robert M McglottenMcglotten & Jarvis32 filingsthrough 2016
JOSEPH STANKO jrHunton Andrews Kurth LLPCovered position: Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Commmitte30 filingsthrough 2016
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush27 filingsthrough 2019
Patrick C. EdmondCsx Corporation26 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin CurtinLaw Offices of Kevin G. Curtin25 filingsthrough 2015
Michael A. GaffinThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed. and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Asst., Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy22 filingsthrough 2026
Rebecca BennCsx CorporationCovered position: Senate Approps, Professional Staff Sen. Cochran20 filingsthrough 2017
Summer MersingerThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist, Rep John Thune19 filingsthrough 2019
Louis RenjelCsx Corporation19 filingsthrough 2013
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. Rep. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres17 filingsthrough 2026
Benjamin R HowardThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Deputy Asst to POTUS for WH Leg. Affairs; Deputy Dir. of WH Leg. Affairs; Dir. of House Floor Operations; Special Asst, to POTUS for WH Leg. Affairs; House Floor Asst; Staff Assistant, House Rep. Conference; Staff Assistant, WH Leg. Affairs15 filingsthrough 2026
Jennifer LatouretteMcdonald Hopkins Government Strategies, LLCCovered position: Press Intern/DeputyFinanceDirector, Senator Max Baucus15 filingsthrough 2016
Andrew BarbourThe Smith-Free Group, LLC14 filingsthrough 2018
Lauren Henry CowlesMcdonald Hopkins Government Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Senator Mark Pryor14 filingsthrough 2016
Eric UelandThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sen.Maj.Ldr; AsstCOS/COS, Sen.Maj.Ldr.14 filingsthrough 2013
Kenneth DubersteinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, President Reagan13 filingsthrough 2012
Steven ChamplinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: ExecFlrAsst, H. Maj. Whip; ExecDir, H.DemCauc.13 filingsthrough 2012
Michael BermanThe Duberstein Group Inc.13 filingsthrough 2012
Michael J RuehlingCsx Corporation13 filingsthrough 2011
Covered positions · 40 of 66 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
