265 filings from 14 registrants · 2008–2022 · latest filed Oct 21, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$10.2M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$10.2M
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: intuit-inc.
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.
SMB
57 filings
$2.9M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
48 filings
$590K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
47 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
37 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
33 filings
$260K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
24 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
20 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
4 filings
$150K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
3 filings
$150K on those filings
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
CIV
2 filings
$120K 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
Free File Permanence Act of 2017
25 filingsthrough 2018
H.Res. 810116th CongressExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Free File program has made vital contributions to the public.16 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2569112th CongressFree File Program Act of 201115 filingsthrough 2012
S. 4116116th CongressA bill to extend the authority for commitments for the paycheck protection program and separate amounts authorized for other loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.13 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3457110th CongressTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide for electronic filing of individual Federal income tax returns free of charge.13 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5444115th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics, to provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft, to require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods, and for other purposes.12 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2528112th CongressTaxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 201112 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 5445115th Congress21st Century IRS Act11 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 6258115th CongressFinancial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 201911 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4938114th CongressFree File Act of 201610 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.
The Ob-C Group, LLC
Covered position: Former Gerald Kleczka Legislative Assistant
51 filingsthrough 2021
Lawrence F O'Brien, IiiThe Ob-C Group, LLC51 filingsthrough 2021
Michael S JohnsonThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Former Bob Michel Chief of Staff37 filingsthrough 2018
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jrFti Government AffairsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs33 filingsthrough 2020
Stephen M RyanMcdermott Will & Schulte LLPCovered position: Organized Crime31 filingsthrough 2018
Karen SealanderMcdermott Will & Schulte LLP31 filingsthrough 2018
David Duane RansomMcdermott Will & Schulte LLPCovered position: 2007-08: Sr Communications and Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; 2002-06: Communications Director, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; 1999-2001: Communications Director, House Committee on Administration (Steny Hoyer, Ranking Member)31 filingsthrough 2018
Nathan J MillerThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Former Lincoln Chafee Legislative Assistant26 filingsthrough 2015
Daniel KideraThe Ob-C Group, LLC25 filingsthrough 2021
David HeilThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Congressman Sam Johnson 3rd Texas25 filingsthrough 2021
Barry LasalaAvoq, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee13 filingsthrough 2014
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/Whip13 filingsthrough 2014
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Exec. Asst., Sen. Adams; Admin. Asst., Rep. Eckart ; ; Admin., Asst., House Majority Leader ; ; Deputy COS and COS, House Minority Leader13 filingsthrough 2014
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Senator Baucus12 filingsthrough 2014
Covered positions · 38 of 61 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
