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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
103 filings
$6.5M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
85 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 132 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 4074117th CongressAddressing Social Determinants in Medicare Advantage Act of 202114 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 246115th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2018
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: humana.
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.
TAX
35 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Defense
DEF
33 filings
$2.6M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
8 filings
$640K on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
2 filings
$160K on those filings
Veterans
VET
1 filing
$80K 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.
115th Congress
Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked (C-THRU) Act of 2017
H.R. 928114th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 123114th CongressObamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 183114th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 359114th CongressTaxpayer Bailout Protection Act8 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 763113th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.8 filingsthrough 2014
S. 603113th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act8 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.7 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2810115th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20187 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1510115th CongressHelping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks (HACK) Act7 filingsthrough 2018
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.
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Tech Policy71 filingsthrough 2026
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Max Baucus53 filingsthrough 2021
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster45 filingsthrough 2026
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole36 filingsthrough 2025
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 Committee32 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill30 filingsthrough 2026
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter29 filingsthrough 2019
Heather MchughResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Schumer (2010-2013); Legislative Director, Congressman Israel (2003-2007); Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Velazquez (2000-2003).28 filingsthrough 2026
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle28 filingsthrough 2026
Lea Fisher SulkalaResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Congressman Etheridge (2001-2005)28 filingsthrough 2026
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln26 filingsthrough 2015
Elizabeth Grey StanleyResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle (2021); Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Lowey (2005-2019); Communications Dir/Press Sec, Congresswoman Lowey (2001-2004); Special Assistant/Scheduler, Senator Schumer (1999-2000).22 filingsthrough 2026
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Frist22 filingsthrough 2014
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)21 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin21 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen M. CoteMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)21 filingsthrough 2026
