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: international-paper.
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.
TRD
66 filings
$63.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
64 filings
$64.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
58 filings
$41.3M on those filings
Postal
POS
51 filings
$50M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
30 filings
$32.8M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
29 filings
$28.5M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
20 filings
$22.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
18 filings
$20.4M on those filings
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
FAM
17 filings
$20.4M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
17 filings
$19.4M 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.
S. 2941116th CongressRECYCLE Act10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2238118th CongressTo provide for a limitation on availability of funds for US Department of Agriculture, Executive Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for fiscal year 2024.9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 471118th CongressSHIP IT Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 8829118th CongressTribal Courts Support Act9 filingsthrough 2024
S. 866118th CongressAmerican Innovation and Jobs Act9 filingsthrough 2024
S. 984118th CongressMODERN WIC Act of 20239 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5430117th CongressTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.9 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5306116th CongressKnow Your Social Security Act of 20199 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5845116th CongressBreak Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 20209 filingsthrough 2020
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.
through 2026
Kaitlin SighinolfiInternational PaperCovered position: Representative Charles Boustany Jr., Legislative Director (November 2014 - December 2016); Senior Trade Policy Advisor (July 2012 - October 2014). Senator Olympia Snowe, Legislative Assistant (June 2008 - June 2012).31 filingsthrough 2026
Jeff McmillenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff dir, H Ways & Means Subcomm on Sel Rev Measures, Mar 01-Mar
04; staff, H Ways & Means Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 0129 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary RudisillAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Portman, Jun 14-May 18, Tax Counsel; Rep. Dave Reichert, Jul 12-Jun 14,Legslat Directr/Tax Counsl; House Ways Means Comm, Dec 10-Jul 12; Rep. Dave Camp, Legislative Assist; House Ways and Means Comm.Aug. 10-Nov. 10,Rep Dave Camp, Intern25 filingsthrough 2026
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Pol Dir (Senate Maj Ldr Frist); Staff Dir (Senate Pub. Health SC); Maj Health Pol Csl (House Ways/Means C, Health SC); Health Pol Coord & Csl (Senate Labor/HR C); Csl & Prof Staff (Senate Labor/HR C, Disab Pol SC); Case Wkr (Rep. Boschwitz)18 filingsthrough 2024
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Staff Asst (Sen. Metzenbaum)18 filingsthrough 2024
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Exec Dir (House Repub Pol C); CoS (Rep. Shadegg); LA (Rep. Dannemeyer); LD (Rep. Bartlett)18 filingsthrough 2024
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Pol; General Csl & Pol Dir (House Repub Conf)18 filingsthrough 2024
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Dir, Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Sr Adv (House Ways/Means C); Comm Dir (Rep. Camp)18 filingsthrough 2024
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dir (Office of Legis, CMS); Prof Staff Mem, (House Ways/Means C); Pol Dir (White House); Pol Dir (HHS Office of Health Reform-detailed to White House); Pol Adv (Rep. Emanuel); Health LA (Rep. McCarthy)18 filingsthrough 2024
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Mem Svcs & Coalitions Dir (House Approp C); Pol Adv/Dep CoS (House Maj Ldr DeLay); LD (Rep. Rogers); Sr LA (Rep. Regula); Sr LA (Rep. Franks); LA (Rep. Rogers); Special Proj Asst (House Trans/Infra C); Staff Asst (Rep. Shuster)18 filingsthrough 2024
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Sen. Coats); Csl/LD (Sen. Gregg); General Csl (Sen. Dole)18 filingsthrough 2024
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Sen. Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staff/Csl - Senate VA C (Sen. Craig); Csl/LD (Rep. Miller); LA (Rep. Miller); Scheduler (Rep. Miller); Law Clerk (House Trans/Infra C)18 filingsthrough 2024
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Sr Csl, Csl (Sen. McCaskill); Assoc Admin, Dep Assoc Admin, Sr Adv (Office of Cong & Intergvt Relations, EPA)18 filingsthrough 2024
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dep Dir of Legis Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Assoc Dir-Senate Dem Steering C (Sen. Daschle)18 filingsthrough 2024
Ann WrobleskiInternational Paper18 filingsthrough 2013
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)16 filingsthrough 2024
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin16 filingsthrough 2024
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)16 filingsthrough 2024
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)16 filingsthrough 2024
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.15 filingsthrough 2024
Caitlin Van SantMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)10 filingsthrough 2024
Lisa GoldmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce); Counsel House Comm on E&C10 filingsthrough 2024
Alyene MlinarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)6 filingsthrough 2024
Erica Jay ChabotMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)6 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 31 of 41 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
