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.
Sandra MathiesenDenny Miller AssociatesCovered position: N/A18 filingsthrough 2013
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.15 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 Committee.15 filingsthrough 2026
David Alexander Marten
The filings
The 20 most recent of 41 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: gonzaga-university.
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.
14 filings
$410K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
12 filings
$240K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
10 filings
$190K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
9 filings
$180K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
5 filings
$60K on those filings
Defense
DEF
3 filings
$90K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
3 filings
$60K on those filings
Sports/Athletics
SPO
2 filings
$60K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
1 filing
$20K on those filings
Veterans
VET
1 filing
$20K 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.
119th Congress
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
2 filingsthrough 2026
S. 2572119th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20262 filingsthrough 2026
S. 3288110th CongressDepartment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 20092 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 6938119th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 20261 filingthrough 2026
H.R. 8845119th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20271 filingthrough 2026
S. 2296119th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20261 filingthrough 2025
S.Res. 25113th CongressA resolution honoring Gonzaga University on its 125th anniversary.1 filingthrough 2013
H.R. 3826112th CongressTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.1 filingthrough 2012
S. 2051112th CongressA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.1 filingthrough 2012
H.R. 1105111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2009
H.R. 3221111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2010
H.R. 3288111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2010
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.
Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Covered position: Legislative Director, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Denny Heck; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Denny Heck.
15 filingsthrough 2026
Jeffrey D MarkeyElevate Government Affairs, LLCCovered position: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.15 filingsthrough 2026
Denny M MillerDenny Miller AssociatesCovered position: N/A13 filingsthrough 2012
Josephine EckertDenny Miller Associates12 filingsthrough 2013
Sandra MathiesenCapitol Strategies Partners LLCCovered position: Rep. Foley (D-WA), Speaker of the House9 filingsthrough 2015
Chris J MillerCapitol Strategies Partners LLCCovered position: Rep. Reichert (R-WA), Rep. Miller (R-CA), Sen. Smith (R-OR)7 filingsthrough 2015
Chris J MillerDenny Miller Associates7 filingsthrough 2013
Sam SpinaDenny Miller AssociatesCovered position: N/A6 filingsthrough 2009
Shay Michael HancockCapitol Strategies Partners LLCCovered position: Rep. Smith (D-WA), Sen. Murray (D-WA)5 filingsthrough 2015
Wally BurnettDenny Miller AssociatesCovered position: N/A4 filingsthrough 2008
Shay Michael HancockDenny Miller Associates3 filingsthrough 2012
