53 filings from 1 registrant · 2012–2025 · latest filed Oct 16, 2025
Reported on its behalf
$650K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$650K
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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
33 filings
$590K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
28 filings
$470K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 45 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2273113th CongressGreat Lakes Navigation System Sustainability Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
S. 601113th CongressWater Resources Development Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
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: great-lakes-metro-chambers.
18 filings
$270K on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
16 filings
$140K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
10 filings
$180K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
8 filings
$170K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
5 filings
$110K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
5 filings
$100K on those filings
Education
EDU
3 filings
$60K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
1 filing
$20K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
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.
114th Congress
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
6 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2577114th CongressMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20176 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3080113th CongressWater Resources Reform and Development Act of 20146 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1260117th CongressUnited States Innovation and Competition Act of 20214 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2625118th CongressDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20243 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 3353115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3354115th CongressMake America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1655115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20183 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 5055114th CongressEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 5303114th CongressWater Resources Development Act of 20163 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 5394114th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1647114th CongressDeveloping a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy 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.
15 filingsthrough 2018
Scott J. GelbmanK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Assistant/Legislative Corresponsent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer9 filingsthrough 2024
Stephen A. MartinkoK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst, Rep Gibbons; LA, Rep Porter; Floor Debate Coord, House Rep Conf; Dir of Floor Debate, House Rep Conf); LD/Dep CoS/CoS, Rep Shuster8 filingsthrough 2018
Tim PeckinpaughK&L Gates, LLP5 filingsthrough 2017
Pamela GarvieK&L Gates, LLP4 filingsthrough 2020
Mary Burke BakerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Large Case Team Coordinator, IRS; Motor Vehicle Industry Specialist, IRS; Technical Advisor Mgr, IRS; Mgr, Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, IRS; Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Senate Finance Committee3 filingsthrough 2023
Stacy EttingerK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Atty/Chief, AD/CVD Regulation/Assoc Ch Cnsl, DoC, Office of Genl Cnsl; Trade Cnsl detailee from DoC to JEC; Dep Staff Dir, JEC; Sr Cnsl, Sen Schumer; Sr Cnsl/Acting Dep Staff Dir/Ch Cnsl/Dem Ch Cnsl, Sen Comm Rules & Admin3 filingsthrough 2021
Dennis PotterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LC, Senator Gramm3 filingsthrough 2020
Ryan CarneyK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom MacArthur; Chief of Staff, Rep. Bryan Steil; Staff Director, House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth; Senior Advisor, Committee on House Administration2 filingsthrough 2023
Bart GordonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman2 filingsthrough 2019
Abigail DinegarK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2024
John NorthingtonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Advisor to the Director - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of Interior1 filingthrough 2024
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman1 filingthrough 2018
Steven Richards ValentineK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith1 filingthrough 2015
Covered positions · 16 of 19 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
