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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
264 filings
$26.5M on those filings
Defense
DEF
160 filings
$4.7M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 180 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1509110th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.16 filingsthrough 2008
S. 940110th CongressA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.14 filingsthrough 2008
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Exec. Asst., Sen. Adams; Admin. Asst., Rep. Eckart ; ; Admin., Asst., House Majority Leader ; ; Deputy COS and COS, House Minority Leader51 filingsthrough 2024
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: general-electric-company.
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
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
119 filings
$4.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
88 filings
$4M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
75 filings
$3M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
49 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
27 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Banking
BAN
25 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
23 filings
$720K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
19 filings
$700K on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
15 filings
$450K on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
12 filings
$570K 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.
110th Congress
Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007
12 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 749112th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.11 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1944111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6049110th CongressEnergy Improvement and Extension Act of 20089 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.8 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 597114th CongressExport-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3935118th CongressFAA Reauthorization Act of 20246 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1939118th CongressFAA Reauthorization Act of 20246 filingsthrough 2024
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.
through 2019
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)44 filingsthrough 2018
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Senator Baucus42 filingsthrough 2022
Stephen Adam FrancisErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 96-00 Hon.JohnR. Kasich,Leg. Dir,Leg.Asst Intern36 filingsthrough 2020
Jay HeflinFederal Policy Group, LLC36 filingsthrough 2019
Barry LasalaAvoq, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee35 filingsthrough 2020
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud Cmte, S/C on Juv Jus ; ; Legal Extern, H. Jud Cmte, Subcmte Crime/Crim Jus ; ; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Leg Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Chief Counsel, Flr Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem Ldr/Whip35 filingsthrough 2020
Kristina KennedyAvoq, LLCCovered position: Leg Counsel, Counsel, Leg Dir., Sen. Sarbanes32 filingsthrough 2019
Samuel WhitehornElevate Government Affairs, LLCCovered position: Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.30 filingsthrough 2026
Robert William ChamberlinElevate Government Affairs, LLCCovered position: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.30 filingsthrough 2026
Durwood W RingoThe Ringo Group, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee30 filingsthrough 2020
Drew GoeslCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Cong. Mike Ross ; ; Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln23 filingsthrough 2015
JAMES O MCCRERY iiiCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th ; ; Ranking Member, House Ways & Means Committee ; ; Committee Member, Jt. Committee on Taxation23 filingsthrough 2015
Jonathan HilerMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Mike Pence; Legislative Director, Senator Tom Cotton; Legislative Director, Rep. Tom Cotton; Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Pence; Policy Advisor, Rep. Jeb Hensarling.22 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 110 of 173 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
