53 filings from 3 registrants · 2008–2016 · latest filed Jan 19, 2017
Reported on its behalf
$2.7M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$2.7M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
31 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Automotive Industry
AUT
20 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 66 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2576114th CongressFrank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act5 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4196112th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets.5 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 4173111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Brian GriffinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: StaffAsst, DemPolicyComm; FlrAsst, MinoritySec ; ; Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan34 filingsthrough 2016
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Speaker Newt Gingrich ; ; Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush31 filingsthrough 2016
Steven ChamplinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Dem. Caucus21 filingsthrough 2015
Kenneth DubersteinThe Duberstein Group Inc. Chief of Staff, President Reagan
The filings
The 20 most recent of 53 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: general-motors-corp.
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
15 filings
$425K on those filings
Retirement
RET
12 filings
$255K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
9 filings
$675K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
7 filings
$525K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
7 filings
$300K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
5 filings
$375K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
5 filings
$375K on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
5 filings
$150K on those filings
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
5 filings
$150K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$300K 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.
5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2021111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2989111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3936111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1038110th CongressAccess to Life-Saving Medicine Act4 filingsthrough 2008
S. 623110th CongressAccess to Life-Saving Medicine Act4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 7112th CongressAmerican Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 20123 filingsthrough 2012
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.
Michael BermanThe Duberstein Group Inc.17 filingsthrough 2012
Marti ThomasThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Deputy Asst Sec Tax & Budget, Treasury ; ; Acting & Asst. Sec. Legislative Affairs, Treasury15 filingsthrough 2013
Kent A MasonDavis & Harman LLP13 filingsthrough 2012
David J SchiappaThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: US Senate--Secretary for the Majority/Secretary for the Min9 filingsthrough 2016
Barbara A. PateDavis & Harman LLP6 filingsthrough 2012
Katherine HayesJennings Policy StrategiesCovered position: Health Counsel, U.S. Senator Evan Bayh6 filingsthrough 2009
Christopher JenningsJennings Policy Strategies6 filingsthrough 2009
Thomas A DavisDavis & Harman LLP5 filingsthrough 2010
Derek B DornDavis & Harman LLPCovered position: Senior Finance Counsel, Senator Bingaman4 filingsthrough 2012
Henry GandyThe Duberstein Group Inc.4 filingsthrough 2008
JAMES M DELAPLANE jrDavis & Harman LLP2 filingsthrough 2009
Anne WallThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Legislative Correspondent/Floor Assistant/Office Counsel/Floor Director-Ofc of Sen. Durbin; Spec Asst/Dep. Asst to President, Ofc Leg Affairs, The White House; Counselor to the Sec Treasury; Asst. Sec Leg Affairs, Dept. Treasury1 filingthrough 2016
Covered positions · 10 of 17 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
