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.
Stephen ZiehmRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)16 filingsthrough 2015
John F McdermidRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)10 filingsthrough 2015
Russ KelleyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Sr Advisor, Dem. Caucus; Counsel, Comm on Trans & Infra; Leg Dir & Counsel, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici; Comm Advisor, Office of the Dem. Leader; Dir of Radio, Democrat Comms Committee; Press Asst, Dem. Comms Committee.
The filings
The 20 most recent of 85 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: lanxess-corporation.
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
29 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
12 filings
$840K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
9 filings
$760K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
7 filings
$360K on those filings
Automotive Industry
AUT
6 filings
$400K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
6 filings
$290K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
6 filings
$260K on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
5 filings
$260K on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
4 filings
$200K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
4 filings
$200K 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.
110th Congress
To extend the suspension of duty on Baypure DS.
4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4348110th CongressTo extend the suspension of duty on Bayowet C4.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4349110th CongressTo extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disflamoll TOF.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4350110th CongressTo extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disflamoll DPK.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4552110th CongressTo extend the suspension of duty on Ortho-Phenylphenol.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4553110th CongressTo extend the suspension of duty on O-Chlorotoluene.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4554110th CongressTo extend the suspension of duty on Bayderm Bottom DLV-N.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4555110th CongressTo extend the suspension of duty on certain ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4556110th CongressTo extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on Iminodisuccinate.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4920110th CongressTo extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-exchange resins.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4921110th CongressTo extend the temporary suspension of duty on Lewatit.4 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.3 filingsthrough 2025
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.
7 filingsthrough 2026
Bryan ZumwaltRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 15 Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Counsel, Sen. David Vitter; Counsel, Rep. Bilbray; Clerk, Comm on Natural Resources.7 filingsthrough 2026
Ian Thomas Alexander WhitsonRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. David Rouzer; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer; Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. David Rouzer; Staff Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer.7 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin WalshRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)6 filingsthrough 2013
Max B TribbleMcgovern & Smith, LLCCovered position: N/A6 filingsthrough 2009
Antonia O'MalleyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLC5 filingsthrough 2025
Scott BrennerGephardt Group Government AffairsCovered position: Associate Administrator for External Affairs, NHTSAAssociate Administrator for Public Affairs, FAADirector of Communications, House T&I Committee5 filingsthrough 2014
Amanda ArmisteadGephardt Group Government Affairs5 filingsthrough 2014
Thomas BlankGephardt Group Government AffairsCovered position: Acting Deputy Administrator, TSA5 filingsthrough 2014
Ian Monroe NashLanxess Corporation4 filingsthrough 2026
Bryan ZumwaltFti Government AffairsCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Small BusinessandEntrepreneurship15 Chief Counsel, Senate Committee onEnvironmentand Public Works;Counsel, Sen. David Vitter; Counsel, Rep.Bilbray;Clerk, Comm onNatural Resources.4 filingsthrough 2025
Russ KelleyFti Government AffairsCovered position: Sr Advisor, Dem. Caucus; Counsel, Comm on Trans & Infra; LegDir&Counsel, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici; Comm Advisor, Office oftheDem.Leader; Dir of Radio, Democrat Comms Committee; PressAsst,Dem.Comms Committee.4 filingsthrough 2025
Ian Thomas Alexander WhitsonFti Government AffairsCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. David Rouzer; Senior LegislativeAssistant,Rep.David Rouzer; Legislative Assistant, Rep. David Rouzer;Legislative Correspondent, Rep. David Rouzer; Staff Assistant, Rep.David Rouzer.4 filingsthrough 2025
Antonia O'MalleyFti Government Affairs4 filingsthrough 2025
Michael Troy YaccinoFti Government Affairs4 filingsthrough 2025
Thomas O'DonnellGephardt Group Government Affairs4 filingsthrough 2014
Richard GephardtGephardt Group Government AffairsCovered position: Member of Congress4 filingsthrough 2014
Lindsay GilbrideCls Strategies (Formerly Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter and Associates, Inc.)Covered position: Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Comm. Director '094 filingsthrough 2010
Andrew Michael KoneschuskyCls Strategies (Formerly Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter and Associates, Inc.)Covered position: Rep. Anthony Weiner, Comm. Director '06-'074 filingsthrough 2010
Mackenzie KeeleyRidgeline Advocacy Group LLC3 filingsthrough 2026
Laura PearsonRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)3 filingsthrough 2008
Josh HodgesRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: NatSec Adv, Speaker Johnson; Sr PSM, House Judiciary Cmte; SAP/Sr Dir NSC; Sr Dep Asst Admin, USAID; Dir Cong Aff, NNSA; Sr LA, DOE; LD, Rep. Mike Johnson; MLA, Sen. Vitter2 filingsthrough 2026
Luc ChavezRidgeline Advocacy Group LLCCovered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Sen. Lujan1 filingthrough 2026
Patrick CostelloRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Representative1 filingthrough 2009
Lauren HigginsRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)1 filingthrough 2008
Covered positions · 16 of 31 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
