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.
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
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: environmental-defense-action-fund.
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.
BUD
187 filings
$12.7M on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
97 filings
$9.8M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
78 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
67 filings
$14.5M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
56 filings
$7.9M on those filings
Chemicals/Chemical Industry
CHM
46 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
33 filings
$6.6M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
30 filings
$6.7M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
23 filings
$6.2M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
21 filings
$5.9M 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.
115th Congress
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
12 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2130117th CongressRISEE Act of 202210 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 3814116th CongressDomestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2418116th CongressCOASTAL Act10 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1520115th CongressModernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 201810 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3096112th CongressResources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 201110 filingsthrough 2012
S. 1400112th CongressResources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 201110 filingsthrough 2012
S.J.Res. 14117th CongressA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review".9 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 913118th CongressRISEE Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 373118th CongressRISEE Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1260117th CongressUnited States Innovation and Competition Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5126116th CongressDESCEND Act of 20208 filingsthrough 2020
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.
David PerdueR-Georgia
Bills: S. 21
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Dean HellerR-Nevada
Bills: S. 21
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Debbie Mucarsel-PowellD-Florida-AL
Bills: H.R. 5221
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Debra A. HaalandD-New Mexico-AL
Bills: H.R. 5221
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Donna E. ShalalaD-Florida-AL
Bills: H.R. 5221
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Heidi HeitkampD-North Dakota
Bills: S. 2014
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Jeff FlakeR-Arizona
Bills: S. 21
3 filings
3 lobbyists
Joe CunninghamD-South Carolina-AL
Bills: H.R. 5221
3 filings
3 lobbyists
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this client's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
Covered position:
55 filingsthrough 2023
Jennifer OlsonTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Legislative Director, Sen. Lindsey Graham; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Lindsey Graham; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Kolbe48 filingsthrough 2026
John Michael GonzalezTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Melissa Bean43 filingsthrough 2026
Steven W BlochCapitol Strategies, LLCCovered position: Former staffer for Congressman Jim Kolbe and JD Hayworth42 filingsthrough 2026
Carol AndressEnvironmental Defense Action Fund41 filingsthrough 2023
Matthew LeffingwellTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Mbr Servs & Coalitions Dir., House Approps Cmte (2016-2017); CoS, Rep. Kay Granger (2012-2015); Dep CoS, Rep. Granger (2010-2012); Comms Dir, Rep. Granger (2009-2010); Press Sec, Rep. Jon Porter (2007-2009); Projects Dir, Rep. Mark Kirk (2006-2007)32 filingsthrough 2026
David WilmotOcean Champions31 filingsthrough 2018
James HeimbachTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Special Asst to the President, The White House; CoS Senator Sherrod Brown; FCC - CSB and Congressional Affairs; OLA, The White House30 filingsthrough 2023
Dennis PotterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LC, Sen Gramm29 filingsthrough 2020
Sean RichardsonTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (2006-2007); Chief of Staff, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (2002-2007); Deputy Staff Dir., Senate Democratic Conference Committee (1999-2002)28 filingsthrough 2026
Kristi RemingtonWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: ​Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice; Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee18 filingsthrough 2023
Shimon SteinWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: ​​Senior Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor; Program Manager, US Department of Justice; Legislative Correspondent, Senator John Ashcroft; Paid Intern, Represenative Robert Aderholt18 filingsthrough 2023
Craig KalkutWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Staff Director/Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Analyst, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to Chief Staff, Senator Kent Conrad18 filingsthrough 2023
