42 filings from 3 registrants · 2008–2017 · latest filed Jun 3, 2019
Reported on its behalf
$755K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$755K
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.
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: humane-society-of-the-united-states.
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.
22 filings
$410K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
13 filings
$260K on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
9 filings
$180K on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
6 filings
$120K on those filings
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
FIR
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
1 filing
$20K on those filings
Education
EDU
1 filing
$20K 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.
through 2010
S. 727111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1018111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2480111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4733111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1076111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
S. 394110th CongressDowned Animal and Food Safety Protection Act of 20078 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 198112th CongressVeterans Dog Training Therapy Act7 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 835112th CongressPuppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act7 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2811111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 81111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
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.
Stephen BorgThe Keelen Group, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Timothy V. Johnson
8 filingsthrough 2013
Shelley W. CastleHogan Lovells Cadwalader US LLP (Fka Hogan Lovells US LLP)6 filingsthrough 2012
ASHLEY R DOBBS esqHogan Lovells Cadwalader US LLP (Fka Hogan Lovells US LLP)6 filingsthrough 2009
W Eric DellThe Keelen Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Chief of Staff3 filingsthrough 2008
Frank MccarthyThe Keelen Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Sue Kelly2 filingsthrough 2013
Covered positions · 3 of 10 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
