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.
Kyle NevinsHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-06.48 filingsthrough 2026
Steve StombresHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip 08-09; Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Deputy Majority Whip 04-07; Chief of Staff, Congressman Eric Cantor 01-03.48 filingsthrough 2026
Manny RossmanHarbinger Strategies, LLC Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen. Trent Lott 05-06; Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Crane 03-04;Legislative Assistant, Rep. Phil Crane 01-02.
The filings
The 20 most recent of 203 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: hilton-worldwide.
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.
HCR
48 filings
$8.9M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
46 filings
$10.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
46 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
45 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
40 filings
$11.6M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
22 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
21 filings
$5.9M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
19 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
14 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
13 filings
$3.3M 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.
113th Congress
National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014
10 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2498118th CongressHotel Fees Transparency Act of 20249 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1319117th CongressAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 20219 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2233112th CongressJOLT Act9 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 6543118th CongressNo Hidden FEES Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1354114th CongressPermanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4450114th CongressIncorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 490114th CongressSecurity Clearance Reform Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1354113th CongressJOLT Act of 20138 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 490113th CongressVisa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act8 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3590111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.7 filingsthrough 2022
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.
Covered position:
48 filingsthrough 2026
Erica Laura GordonHilton WorldwideCovered position: N/A44 filingsthrough 2023
Jonas NeihardtHilton WorldwideCovered position: N/A39 filingsthrough 2020
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud Cmte, S/C on Juv Jus; Legal Extern, H. Jud Cmte, Subcmte Crime/Crim Jus; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid; Leg Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid; Chief Counsel, Flr Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem Ldr/Whip31 filingsthrough 2026
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant, Sen. Adams; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Eckart; Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff, House Minority Leader31 filingsthrough 2026
Whitaker L AskewAvoq, LLC31 filingsthrough 2026
Jonathan SlemrodHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18,Policy Advisor, Office of the Sen. Republican Whip, '12-'17, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Marco Rubio '11-'12.31 filingsthrough 2026
Cedric GrantAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sr. Advisor, Rep. Rangel; Dir., WH Office of Faith Based & Neighborhood Partnerships; US Dept. of Commerce; CoS, Rep. Jeffries30 filingsthrough 2026
David LugarThe Lugar Group (Fka Lugar Hellmann Group)20 filingsthrough 2016
Keith CastaldoAvoq, LLCCovered position: Rep. Bill Pascrell (2010-2013) - Economic Policy Advisor and Tax Counsel; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (2013-2021) - Finance Counsel 2013-2014, General Counsel 2014-2021.16 filingsthrough 2025
Natalie Farr HarrisonAvoq, LLCCovered position: CoS, Deputy CoS, Sen. Gardner; CoS, LD, Rep. Gardner; Professional Staff, Rep. Study Comm.; LA - Dept of Labor; LA, Rep. Shadegg, Proj. Asst., Rep. Policy Comm.15 filingsthrough 2026
James DennisRock Creek CounselCovered position: Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman13 filingsthrough 2019
Bill GhentAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sen. Tom Carper (2003-2019) - Chief of staff 2015-2019; Legislative Director 2007-2015; and, Communications Director 2003-2006/11 filingsthrough 2022
John D RaffaelliCapitol Counsel LLC11 filingsthrough 2014
Drew GoeslCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Cong. Mike Ross ; ; Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln11 filingsthrough 2014
JAMES O MCCRERY iiiCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th ; ; Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee ; ; Committee Member, Joint Committee on Taxation11 filingsthrough 2014
Dena BattleCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Camp ; ; Legislative Director, Rep. Nick Smith11 filingsthrough 2014
Kevin D KayesQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen11 filingsthrough 2013
Elizabeth JafariHilton WorldwideCovered position: SENATOR JOHN CORNYN -CHIEF OF STAFF (MAY 2007 - DEC 2022) & LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR (JAN 2003 - APR 2007); CONGRESSMAN JOE BARTON - LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR (NOV 1994 - DEC 1999)10 filingsthrough 2026
Parker H. PolingHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Spec. Asst to Dir. of Media Affairs 01-03; Comm. on Educ. and Workforce, Chairman Boehner 03-04; Law Clerk to Chairman Toner, FEC 05-06; COS, Cong. McHenry 07-14; COS, Chief Dep. Whip McHenry 14-18 in Office of Maj. Whip Scalise.9 filingsthrough 2023
Jack QuinnQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: Counsel Pres Clinton, CoS Vice Pres Gore8 filingsthrough 2013
