4 filings from 1 registrant · 2008 · latest filed Mar 25, 2009
Reported on its behalf
$315K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$315K
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.
Insurance
INS
4 filings
$315K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Housing
HOU
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 62 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1065110th CongressNonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1424110th CongressA bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.2 filingsthrough 2008
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Sen. Bill Frist4 filingsthrough 2008
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren4 filingsthrough 2008
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Shaddegg, Exec. Dir. RPC4 filingsthrough 2008
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: hartford-financial-services.
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Retirement
RET
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Torts
TOR
2 filings
$160K 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.
H.R. 164110th CongressPolicyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2007
2 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1682110th CongressFlood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1787110th CongressCatastrophe Savings Accounts Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2205110th CongressRetirement Security for Life Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2327110th CongressPolar Bear Protection Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2385110th Congress21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2549110th CongressMedicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2811110th CongressPassenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act2 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3056110th CongressTax Collection Responsibility Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3121110th CongressFlood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3185110th Congress401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3200110th CongressNational Insurance Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3221110th CongressHousing and Economic Recovery Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
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.
4 filingsthrough 2008
Karin HudsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Asst. Sen. Chris Dodd4 filingsthrough 2008
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Max Baucus4 filingsthrough 2008
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Frist4 filingsthrough 2008
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Tech Policy4 filingsthrough 2008
Jamie BrownMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Special Asst. to President for Leg. Affairs4 filingsthrough 2008
Colette DesmaraisMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley4 filingsthrough 2008
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln3 filingsthrough 2008
Jonathan Russell HogansonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Rahm Emanuel2 filingsthrough 2008
Kelly VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln1 filingthrough 2008
Covered positions · 13 of 13 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
