Distilled Spirits Council of the United… — Receipts Report
Client
Lobbying client · LD-2 disclosures
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
District of Columbia
36 filings from 1 registrant · 2009–2018 · latest filed Jan 22, 2019
Reported on its behalf
$1.5M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.5M
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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
36 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
9 filings
$360K 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 — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)39 filingsthrough 2018
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995) ; ; Chief Tax Counsel Sen. Finance Dem. staff (1997-1999)36 filingsthrough 2018
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 98-01 Tax Counsel to Rep. Robert Matsui34 filingsthrough 2018
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
The filings
The 20 most recent of 36 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
Period
Registrant
Type
Reported
Record
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2018
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
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: distilled-spirits-council-of-the-united-states.
spend on filings that named this issue
115th Congress
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
4 filingsthrough 2017
S. 236115th CongressCraft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 20174 filingsthrough 2017
H.R. 4281112th CongressSurface Transportation Extension Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
S. 1789112th Congress21st Century Postal Service Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2903114th CongressCraft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 20153 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4721114th CongressAirport and Airway Extension Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.1 filingthrough 2017
H.R. 5771114th CongressConserving Our Reefs and Livelihoods Act of 20161 filingthrough 2015
H.R. 1113th CongressTax Reform Act of 20141 filingthrough 2014
H.R. 5771113th CongressTax Increase Prevention Act of 20141 filingthrough 2014
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.
Covered position: Whip Liason - Sen. Min.Whip Lott (2007) ; ; Dep.Asst. Leg.Affairs - VP Cheney (2004-2006) ; ; Floor Asst. Sen.Maj. Whip McConnell (2003-2004) ; ; LA Sen.Maj/Min. Leader Lott (2001-2002) ; ; LA Rep. Walter Jones (1996-2000) ; ; Summer Intern Rep. Walter Jones (summer 1995)
27 filingsthrough 2015
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 95-96 Asst Sec to Majority, Senate13 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 87-08 Counsel, House Nat. Resources Cmte13 filingsthrough 2015
Robert M RozenErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: LA Sen. Ford (1980-1985) ; ; LA and Leg. Counsel Sen. Mitchell (1985-1994) ; ; Leg. Counsel Sen.Maj. Leader Mitchell (1989-1994)12 filingsthrough 2012
William HeynigerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)10 filingsthrough 2018
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 05 Com Dir Pres Advisory on Fed Tax Reform9 filingsthrough 2014
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)8 filingsthrough 2010
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992) ; ; Sr. Asst. to Asst. Secretary of Treasury (1992-1993)8 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)8 filingsthrough 2010
Anne Elizabeth PhelpsErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst.to President (Domestic Policy/Health) 2001-2002 ; ; Bush Transition Team (Health Policy staff) 2000 ; ; Staff Director Sen. Frist (1997-2000) ; ; Health Policy Fellow Sen. Kassebaum (1996) ; ; Leg. Analyst NIH (1995-1997) ; ; Leg. Officer NIH (1992-1995) ; ; Program Analyst NIH (1991)8 filingsthrough 2010
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Chief of Staff Rep. Cardin (1987-2002)8 filingsthrough 2010
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Staff Associate Ways&Means Com. & Rep. Herger (93-97) ; ; Active, Reserve & MD National Guard; US Army Staff Sergeant8 filingsthrough 2010
Holly A BodeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: HHS, Special Asst. Office of Asst. Sec. Leg. (1994-1999) ; ; Rep. Sander Levin, LA (10/1993 - 11/1994) ; ; Senate Com. on Aging, LC (12/1985 - 10/1993)8 filingsthrough 2010
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Leg. Director - Rep. Bill Archer (1988-1994) ; ; Staff Director Ways & Means Subcom. Oversight (1995-1998)6 filingsthrough 2010
Jeffrey LeveyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)6 filingsthrough 2010
Heather MeadeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2010
Daniel EsquibelErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2010
Richard MeltzerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Transition Coordinator Speaker of House Pelosi (2006-2007) ; ; General Counsel H.Com. on Nat. Resources (1991-1994)3 filingsthrough 2009
Covered positions · 16 of 21 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
