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.
Health Issues
HCR
23 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
13 filings
$1M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Logan Lawrence HollersInvariant LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor / Counsel, Senator Jeff Merkley (2018-2021); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (2017-2018)19 filingsthrough 2026
Kathryn WiseInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir, Rep. Vern Buchanan (2014-2015);
Leg. Dir, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2013-2014);
Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2011-2013);
Legislative Correspondent/Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2010-2011);
Staff Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2009-2010)18 filingsthrough 2025
Stephen WeylerInvariant LLCCovered position: Health and Labor Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education & Labor (2019)17 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 24 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
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: dsm-firmenich.
TRD
9 filings
$720K on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
9 filings
$720K on those filings
Defense
DEF
5 filings
$400K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Veterans
VET
1 filing
$80K 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.
Benjamin KleinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)
17 filingsthrough 2025
Annabell Mcwherter StokesInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Senator Johnny Isakson (2018-2020);
Law Clerk, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Senator Johnny Isakson (2018-2018)10 filingsthrough 2022
Nicole VenableInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg. Asst/Fellow, Rep. Lee Hamilton (1992-1993);
Leg. Asst, Sen. Chuck Robb (1993-1996);
Congressional Affairs Liaison, USTR (1996-1998);
Sr Policy Adv, Rep. William J. Jefferson (1998-02);
Chief of Staff, Rep. William J. Jefferson (2004-2005)4 filingsthrough 2021
Joey SmithInvariant LLCCovered position: Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the Secretary, Department of the Interior, 2007-2009;
Director of Operations, Department of the Treasury, 2017-20203 filingsthrough 2020
Jeffrey LungrenInvariant LLCCovered position: Special Asst to the President, White House (2008-2009); Dep Asst to the Vice President (2007-2008); Comms Dir, House Judiciary Cmte (2001-2007); Comms Dir, House Science Cmte (1999-2001); Press Sec, Rep. Porter Goss (1997-1998)2 filingsthrough 2026
Drew GriffinInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Latta (2019-2022); Comms Dir, Rep. Robert Latta (2016-2019); Press Sec, Rep. Erik Paulsen (2014-2016); Press Sec, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2013-2014); Staff Asst, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2011-2013)2 filingsthrough 2025
James ObrienInvariant LLCCovered position: Pro. Staff Member, Ways and Means Committee (22-23); Rep Kevin Brady: Leg. Dir. (21-22); Sr. Leg. Asst (19-21); Sen Mitch McConnell: Leg. Correspondent (18-19); Staff Asst (17-18); Intern (16)2 filingsthrough 2025
Lindley ShererInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief/Staff, Rep. Elise Stefanik (2015-2018); Leg Dir, Rep. Scott Tipton (2013-2014); Leg Dir, Rep. Todd Rokita (2011-2013); Spec Adv, Treas Dept (2007-2008); Spec Asst, Exec Off. of the Pres (2005-2006); Spec Asst, Off. of the VP (2002-2005)2 filingsthrough 2022
Halie CraigInvariant LLCCovered position: Plcy Dir, Sen Commerce Cmte(23-24); Sr Adv, Sen Pat Toomey/Sen Banking Cmte(22-23); Plcy Adv, Sen Banking Cmte(21-22); Sen Pat Toomey: Leg Asst(18-19), Leg Aide(18), Leg Corr(17-18); Staff Asst, Sen Rules Cmte(16-17); Intern, Sen Tim Johnson(12)1 filingthrough 2026
Matthew FeryInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Brian Higgins (2017-2024); Health Insurance Specialist, CMS (2016-2017); Legislative Counsel, Rep. Brian Higgins (2006-2013)1 filingthrough 2024
Covered positions · 13 of 13 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
