73 filings from 3 registrants · 2011–2024 · latest filed Oct 21, 2024
Reported on its behalf
$3.2M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3.2M
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.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
71 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
12 filings
$250K 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 — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
S. 702114th CongressStop Illegal Insider Trading Act3 filingsthrough 2015
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.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud. Cttee, Subctte On Juv. Just. ; ; Legal Extern, H. Jud. Cttee, Subcttee Crime/Crim. Just. ; ; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Legis. Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Chief Counsel, Floor Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem. Leader/Whip52 filingsthrough 2024
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Exec. Asst, Sen. Adams; Admin. Asst, Rep. Eckart ; ; Admin. Asst, House Majority Leader ; ; Deputy COS and COS, House Minority Leader52 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: gerson-lehrman-group.
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.
spend on filings that named this issue
Barry Lasala
Avoq, LLC
Covered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee
Ed KutlerMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Asst. Ofc. of the Speaker, House Rep. Whip17 filingsthrough 2015
Vin WeberMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress16 filingsthrough 2016
Whitaker L AskewAvoq, LLC13 filingsthrough 2020
Keith CastaldoAvoq, LLCCovered position: Rep. Bill Pascrell (2010-2013) - Economic Policy Advisor and Tax Counsel; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (2013-2021) - Finance Counsel 2013-2014, General Counsel 2014-2021.12 filingsthrough 2024
Ed KutlerAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, House Wednesday Group; Senior Advisor to Minority Whip and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich12 filingsthrough 2020
Jamie WallAvoq, LLCCovered position: LA - Sen. Roy Blunt, LA - Sen. Kit Bond, LC - Sen. Kit Bond, Staff Asst. - Sen. Kit Bond, Constituent Svcs Caseworker - Gov. Matt Blunt7 filingsthrough 2018
Cedric GrantAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sr. Advisor, Rep. Rangel; Dir., WH Office of Faith Based & Neighborhood Partnerships; US Dept. of Commerce; CoS, Rep. Jeffries6 filingsthrough 2020
Natalie Farr HarrisonAvoq, LLCCovered position: CoS, Deputy CoS, Sen. Gardner; CoS, LD, Rep. Gardner; Professional Staff, Rep. Study Comm.; LA - Dept of Labor; LA, Rep. Shadegg, Proj. Asst., Rep. Policy Comm.6 filingsthrough 2020
Tom LopachAvoq, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff - Sen. Jon Tester - 2010-2014; Senior Vice President Congressional Affairs - Export Import Bank of the United States - 2009; Legislative Aide - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - 2001; Field Representative - Rep. Pat Williams - 1996;3 filingsthrough 2017
Paul LoboMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Prof Staff House Public Works & Transp. Comm.3 filingsthrough 2012
Vin WeberClark & WeinstockCovered position: Member of Congress (MN)3 filingsthrough 2011
Paul LoboClark & WeinstockCovered position: Leg. Assistant, Hon. Susan MolinariProf. Staff House Public Works and Transp. Committee3 filingsthrough 2011
Ed KutlerClark & WeinstockCovered position: Asst. House Republican Whip3 filingsthrough 2011
Bill GhentAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sen. Tom Carper (2003-2019) - Chief of staff 2015-2019; Legislative Director 2007-2015; and, Communications Director 2003-2006/2 filingsthrough 2020
Covered positions · 21 of 22 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
