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: expedia-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.
BUD
66 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
51 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
45 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
35 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
31 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
15 filings
$570K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
13 filings
$420K on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
11 filings
$475K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
4 filings
$180K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
3 filings
$150K 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.
117th Congress
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
6 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2577114th CongressMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20176 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2026
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 2018.5 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1164115th CongressStop Online Booking Scams Act of 20175 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1643114th CongressDigital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1770114th CongressData Security and Breach Notification Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2205114th CongressData Security Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1027114th CongressData Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 177114th CongressData Security and Breach Notification Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 456114th CongressCyber Threat Sharing Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 961114th CongressData Security Act of 20155 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.
Kristi RemingtonWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice ; ; Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee41 filingsthrough 2024
Ashley DavisWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Special Assistant to the Homeland Security Director, EOP ; ; Deputy Director of Management and Adminstration, EOP41 filingsthrough 2024
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, Congressman Robert Aderholt41 filingsthrough 2024
Russell ThomassonCassidy & Associates, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Legislative Dir and Legislative Asst to Senator John Cornyn; Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Bob Smith39 filingsthrough 2026
David OlanderCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Wally Herger; Tax & Policy Counsel, Rep. Thomas Reynolds; Tax Counsel & Chief Tax Counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means.33 filingsthrough 2026
Hunter MoorheadCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Sen. Thad Cochran; Special Asst to the President, WH National Economic Council; Professional Staff, Senate Approps Committee; Legislative Asst, Sen. Cochran; Subcommittee Staff Director/ Legislative Asst, House Agriculture Committee31 filingsthrough 2022
Norman D DicksVan Ness Feldman, LLPCovered position: Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1977-2012)29 filingsthrough 2020
Tracy A TolkVan Ness Feldman, LLPCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Representative Jay Inslee (2005-2008); Senior Legislative Assistant, U.S. Representative Jim Davis (2001-2005)29 filingsthrough 2020
John GreenCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Aide, Senator Trent Lott28 filingsthrough 2022
John D RaffaelliCapitol Counsel LLC26 filingsthrough 2016
Charles Towner FrenchCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Staff, House Committee on Rules; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pete Sessions; Staff, House Committee on Homeland Security; Staff, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart; and Staff, Rep. Judy Biggert25 filingsthrough 2021
Shay Michael HancockCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: MLA Sen. Murray (D-WA), LA Rep Smith (D-WA)24 filingsthrough 2022
Kai AndersonCassidy & Associates, Inc.Covered position: Dep. Chief of Staff to Senator Reid23 filingsthrough 2017
JAMES O MCCRERY iiiCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th; Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee; Committee Member, Joint Committee on Taxation19 filingsthrough 2016
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 Conrad17 filingsthrough 2024
Kristi RemingtonBlank Rome Government RelationsCovered position: Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Com.17 filingsthrough 2014
Ben Lee McmakinCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Office of Sen. Patty Murray16 filingsthrough 2022
Ashley DavisBlank Rome Government RelationsCovered position: Dep. Director of Management and Admin., EOP16 filingsthrough 2014
Paul SassCassidy & Associates, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Deputy Staff Director, House Committee on Small Business; Congressman Sam Graves - Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant15 filingsthrough 2026
Cynthia BrownWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Ron Kind15 filingsthrough 2018
Dena BattleCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Nick Smith15 filingsthrough 2015
Malloy McdanielBlank Rome Government RelationsCovered position: Republican Floor Assistant, Sen. Trent Lott12 filingsthrough 2014
Chris J MillerCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Reichert; Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Gary Miller; Legislative Asst, Rep. Jennifer Dunn; LC, Sen. Tim Hutchinson; Staff Asst, Sen. Gordon Smith11 filingsthrough 2022
John DudinskyDudinsky, Lisker & Associates11 filingsthrough 2014
Christopher BukiWest Front Strategies LLCCovered position: Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative John Culberson; Legislative Assistant/Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bill Shuster; Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative David McKinley10 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 87 of 108 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
