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: diageo-north-america.
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.
ALC
68 filings
$36.1M on those filings
Beverage Industry
BEV
59 filings
$5.7M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
38 filings
$6.7M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
30 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
21 filings
$290K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
7 filings
$3.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
7 filings
$350K on those filings
Defense
DEF
4 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Education
EDU
2 filings
$100K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
1 filing
$570K 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
Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
12 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2122111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1425117th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.9 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4374113th CongressBiological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 20148 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3146118th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the cover over of certain distilled spirits taxes.7 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1477118th CongressA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the cover over of certain distilled spirits taxes.7 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2260113th CongressEXPIRE Act of 20146 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5034111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
S. 3208111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3610110th CongressFood and Drug Import Safety Act of 20076 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1883112th CongressInvesting in U.S. Territories, Not Corporations Act of 20115 filingsthrough 2012
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 2016
John A MerriganDla Piper LLP (US)30 filingsthrough 2016
Elizabeth WiseDiageo North America29 filingsthrough 2016
Mark WilliamsFerox StrategiesCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Conaway // Chief of Staff, Rep. Todd Rokita // Dep. Chief of Staff/Leg. Director, Rep. Sam Johnson.27 filingsthrough 2026
Barry BectonDiageo North AmericaCovered position: Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Bumpers24 filingsthrough 2022
Peter MatzOlsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC24 filingsthrough 2018
Gary ZizkaOlsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC24 filingsthrough 2018
Michael E BordenSidley Austin LLPCovered position: Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Leach23 filingsthrough 2022
Eden ShiferawOlsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC23 filingsthrough 2018
Maura Blue JeffordsDiageo North America13 filingsthrough 2018
Richard M BelangerSidley Austin LLPCovered position: N/A11 filingsthrough 2019
Evan M MigdailDla Piper LLP (US)10 filingsthrough 2016
NOE GARCIA iiiForward GlobalCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist; Associate Political Director, The White House; Senior Advisor, Public Affairs, US Treasury Department; Public Liaison, US Treasury Department; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Kay Hutchison8 filingsthrough 2026
Leah CharetteForward Global8 filingsthrough 2026
Jose MalleaForward Global8 filingsthrough 2026
Shawn WhyteDiageo North AmericaCovered position: Intern, Rep. Barbara Lee8 filingsthrough 2026
Ava CofiellForward Global8 filingsthrough 2026
Katherine MarisicDiageo North America6 filingsthrough 2026
Omri RahmilForward Global6 filingsthrough 2025
Covered positions · 18 of 56 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
