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: ecovest-capital-inc.
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.
FIN
10 filings
$470K on those filings
Banking
BAN
4 filings
$200K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
3 filings
$150K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
2 filings
$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.
Susan SweatCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)
12 filingsthrough 2020
William WichtermanCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Special Assistant to President George W. Bush (2008-2009); Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (2003-2005); Chief of Staff to Rep. Joe Pitts (1997-2002); Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill Baker (1994-1997)10 filingsthrough 2019
Muftiah MccartinCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: House Rules Committee, Staff Director; House Rules Committee, Deputy Staff Director; ​House Select Committee on Voting Registration Irregularities, General Counsel, detailed (9/2007-9/2008)10 filingsthrough 2019
John SandellCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Tax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady)9 filingsthrough 2022
Layth Sami ElhassaniCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: W.H. Off. of Leg. Aff., Spec. Asst to the President; Leg. Dir., Sen. Michael F. Bennet; House Comm. on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Leg. Dir., Rep. Nydia Velazquez; Legis. Counsel, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Legal Counsel, Sen. Ernest F. Hollings9 filingsthrough 2019
LOUIE PERRY iiiCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: LA House Member Office (Huckaby)7 filingsthrough 2019
Todd WebsterCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)7 filingsthrough 2018
James RichardsCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)4 filingsthrough 2017
William SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte3 filingsthrough 2017
Sean AkinsCovington & Burling LLP2 filingsthrough 2019
Tyler Brian NelsonCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff House Member Office, Deputy Chief of Staff House Member Office, District Director (Olson)2 filingsthrough 2017
Alexandra VictorCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Director of Scheduling & Executive Assistant Senate Office (Schumer); Director for External Engagement (USTR)1 filingthrough 2019
Covered positions · 13 of 16 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
