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
69 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Defense
DEF
69 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 119 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 487113th CongressPrimary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 20138 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 880111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
S. 596113th CongressFostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Tim PeckinpaughK&L Gates, LLP73 filingsthrough 2026
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: greater-spokane-incorporated.
26 filings
$730K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
22 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
19 filings
$1M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
17 filings
$340K on those filings
Indian/Native American Affairs
IND
14 filings
$570K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
12 filings
$630K on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
11 filings
$220K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
8 filings
$270K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
5 filings
$100K on those filings
Retirement
RET
4 filings
$200K 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.
6 filings
through 2014
H.R. 2998115th CongressMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20185 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3374111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1497111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 3477111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1459110th CongressTo improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility.5 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2043110th CongressMedicaid Access Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act5 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3353115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20184 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3358115th CongressDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20184 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1557115th CongressMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20184 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1655115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20184 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1771115th CongressDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20184 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 597114th CongressExport-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 20154 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.
Michael William EvansK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate EPW & Finance Comm.12 filingsthrough 2012
Karishma Shah PageK&L Gates, LLP5 filingsthrough 2010
Thomas Finch FultonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Rep. Jim McCrery; Dir of Constituent Services, Systems Admin, Rep. John Fleming; Leg Correspondent/Leg Assistant Sen. Jeff Sessions; Special Advisor to the Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Dept. of Transportation3 filingsthrough 2026
Pamela GarvieK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2023
Bart GordonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman2 filingsthrough 2018
Kara M. WardK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2016
W Dennis StephensK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: COS, Rep Stockman; LD, Rep Wicker2 filingsthrough 2008
Scott AliferisK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2025
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 Administration1 filingthrough 2025
Roderick D. HallK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Asst Administrator for Government Affairs, FAA; Deputy Chief of Staff/LA/District Outreach Director, Rep Johnson1 filingthrough 2022
Daniel F. C. CrowleyK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Minority Counsel, Comm on House Administration1 filingthrough 2014
John SpinelloK&L Gates, LLP1 filingthrough 2009
Covered positions · 8 of 23 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
