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: direct-marketing-association.
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.
HCR
6 filings
$130K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
6 filings
$130K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$300K on those filings
Postal
POS
2 filings
$200K on those filings
Advertising
ADV
1 filing
$100K 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
Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 668114th CongressData Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1053114th CongressTo establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, and for other purposes.7 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1704114th CongressPersonal Data Notification and Protection Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1770114th CongressData Security and Breach Notification Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2092114th CongressStudent Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2205114th CongressData Security Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2734114th CongressDo Not Track Kids Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
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 2018
Bart StupakVenable LLPCovered position: United States Congressman (MI-01), 1993-201114 filingsthrough 2018
Ariel WolfVenable LLPCovered position: Senator S. Brownback, Foreign Policy Advisor14 filingsthrough 2018
Chan D LieuVenable LLPCovered position: U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senior Staff Member13 filingsthrough 2018
Kelly Demarchis BastideVenable LLP13 filingsthrough 2018
Robert L HartwellVenable LLP11 filingsthrough 2017
Emma BlaserVenable LLPCovered position: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, Legislative Aide6 filingsthrough 2017
Elizabeth Treanor OesterleVenable LLPCovered position: Counsel,Sen. Judiciary Comm; U.S. Rep. S. Chabot6 filingsthrough 2014
Benjamin CooperWilliams and Jensen, PLLC6 filingsthrough 2011
Eric UelandThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sen.Maj.Ldr; AsstCOS/COS, Sen.Maj.Ldr.5 filingsthrough 2008
Kenneth DubersteinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, President Reagan5 filingsthrough 2008
Henry GandyThe Duberstein Group Inc.5 filingsthrough 2008
Brian GriffinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan5 filingsthrough 2008
Steven ChamplinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: ExecFlrAsst, H. Maj. Whip; ExecDir, H.DemCauc.5 filingsthrough 2008
Michael BermanThe Duberstein Group Inc.5 filingsthrough 2008
ROBERT L SMITH iiVenable LLPCovered position: U.S. Representative Hefley, Legislative Aide; U.S. Representative Watkins, Legislative Director4 filingsthrough 2016
Tiffany M MooreVenable LLPCovered position: Astt.US Trade Rep.; Leg., Dir., to Rep. Upton4 filingsthrough 2010
JOHN J O'NEILL jrVenable LLPCovered position: Policy Dir. & Counsel, Senate Republican Whip2 filingsthrough 2009
Katharine A PauleyVenable LLP2 filingsthrough 2008
Alisa M BergmanVenable LLP2 filingsthrough 2008
Josh FinestoneVenable LLPCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Rogers; Legislative Director, Rep. Tom Graves; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Dean Heller; Senior Legislative Assistant, Sen. Dean Heller; Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation1 filingthrough 2018
Covered positions · 14 of 25 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
