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.
Gregory NickersonThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Tax Counsel Committee on Ways and Means; Staff Director Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee52 filingsthrough 2026
Letitia WhiteInnovative Federal Strategies, LLCCovered position: Appropriations Staff, Rep. Jerry Lewis45 filingsthrough 2026
Carl KimeInnovative Federal Strategies, LLC44 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 206 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: hewlett-packard-enterprise-company.
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.
BUD
52 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Defense
DEF
37 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
36 filings
$2M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
32 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
30 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
29 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
26 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
18 filings
$650K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
11 filings
$360K on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
3 filings
$150K 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.
117th Congress
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
10 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4521117th CongressStrategic Competition Act of 20219 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2673118th CongressAmerican Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1304117th CongressAmerican Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
S. 749117th CongressAmerican Innovation and Jobs Act8 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.7 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1430114th CongressPermanent CFC Look-Through Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.6 filingsthrough 2025
S. 1946114th CongressTax Relief Extension Act of 20156 filingsthrough 2016
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.
James DennisRock Creek CounselCovered position: Counsel to Senator Jeff Bingaman
44 filingsthrough 2025
Brian DiffellThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Policy Adv., Sen. Rep. Conference: Leg. Director Sen. Blunt; Leg. Dir. Rep. Blunt; Sr. Policy Adv. Rep. Maj. Whip; Sr. Policy Adv. House Maj. Whip; Research Analyst, House Maj. Whip; Spec. Asst to the Chief Deputy Whip Blunt40 filingsthrough 2023
Zachary Austin PriceThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Staff assistant to Senator Coats.31 filingsthrough 2026
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health; Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health ; ; Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy;Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz31 filingsthrough 2022
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Director of Congressional Relations, FTC; Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum31 filingsthrough 2022
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer; Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett31 filingsthrough 2022
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference31 filingsthrough 2022
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means; Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp31 filingsthrough 2022
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay; Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula ; ; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster31 filingsthrough 2022
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey27 filingsthrough 2021
David RedlSalt Point StrategiesCovered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, Department of Commerce/ Nat'l Telecom. and Info Admin; Chief Counsel, House Committee on Energy and Commerce26 filingsthrough 2026
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole26 filingsthrough 2022
Benjamin JarrettInnovative Federal Strategies, LLCCovered position: Special Assistant for Outreach, Appalachian Regional Commission / MLA, Rep. John Carter / Staff Asst., Rep. Aaron Shock22 filingsthrough 2026
Jan FowlerThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator Voinovich Legislative Asst., Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Intern for Rep. McCrery22 filingsthrough 2019
Jared WeaverSalt Point StrategiesCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff-Rep. Anne Eshoo; Legislative Counsel-Rep. Jay Inslee21 filingsthrough 2026
David J UrbanAcg AdvocacyCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter19 filingsthrough 2019
Chris IsraelAcg AdvocacyCovered position: U.S. Coordinator for International IP Enforcement; Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tech Policy, Department of Commerce19 filingsthrough 2019
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter19 filingsthrough 2019
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee18 filingsthrough 2022
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill16 filingsthrough 2022
Neely Marcus SilbeyInnovative Federal Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Patty Murray16 filingsthrough 2021
Kelli BriggsThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, 12th Congressional District of Ohio; Chief of Staff, D.C. Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Staff Assistant, Intern for Rep. Tiberi16 filingsthrough 2021
Steve HaroMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra15 filingsthrough 2022
Joseph MingesInnovative Federal Strategies, LLCCovered position: LA, LC/Aide, Field Coordinator, Rep. Ed Perlmutter14 filingsthrough 2026
GERALD (JERRY) BRUCE LEVERICH iiiSalt Point StrategiesCovered position: Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce14 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 50 of 56 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
