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.
Defense
DEF
126 filings
$4.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
84 filings
$4.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 40 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2740116th CongressLabor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 20208 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 4870113th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20156 filingsthrough 2014
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: leidos.
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.
84 filings
$4M on those filings
Aerospace
AER
68 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
39 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Veterans
VET
18 filings
$420K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
15 filings
$860K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
12 filings
$700K on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
12 filings
$210K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
8 filings
$140K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
4 filings
$70K on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
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.
119th Congress
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
3 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 2670118th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20243 filingsthrough 2023
H.R. 5938118th CongressVeterans Exam Expansion Act of 20233 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 8881118th CongressRural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 20243 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 4660113th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20153 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2437113th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20153 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3951119th CongressRural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 20252 filingsthrough 2025
H.R. 5371119th CongressContinuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 20262 filingsthrough 2025
S. 3979118th CongressA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes.2 filingsthrough 2024
S. 456118th CongressCOMFORT Act2 filingsthrough 2023
H.Con.Res. 14119th CongressEstablishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.1 filingthrough 2026
H.R. 3944119th CongressMilitary Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 20261 filingthrough 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.
The Ob-C Group, LLC
Covered position: Former Special Asst.to Pres.G.W.Bush,Leg.Affairs
40 filingsthrough 2026
Lawrence F O'Brien, IiiThe Ob-C Group, LLC40 filingsthrough 2026
Patricia A NelsonThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Former staffer, Committee on Ways and Means39 filingsthrough 2022
Cornell TeagueAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Professional Staff, House Appropriations Cmte - Defense; Professional Staff, House Appropriations Cmte - Homeland31 filingsthrough 2026
Lawrence SpiveyAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Professional Staff, Senate Appropriations Committee31 filingsthrough 2026
David HeilThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Congressman Sam Johnson28 filingsthrough 2026
Judith HafnerVantage Point Strategies LLCCovered position: Congressional Liaison Officer, U.S. Dept of Transportation25 filingsthrough 2019
Courtney JohnsonAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Research Assistant, House Energy & Commerce Committee24 filingsthrough 2024
Michael S JohnsonThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Former Bob Michel Chief of Staff23 filingsthrough 2018
Daniel KideraThe Ob-C Group, LLC22 filingsthrough 2020
Todd HarmerAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: LA to Sen Chambliss20 filingsthrough 2022
John LundyCr FederalCovered position: COS to Sen Trent Lott; LA to Rep Larry Combest and Rep Mike Espy19 filingsthrough 2026
Ty MabryCr FederalCovered position: Deputy LD/MLS to Sen Thad Cochran, Deputy Policy Dir to Rep Gregg Harper and Rep Chip Pickering19 filingsthrough 2026
Kristy ParkPark Government Relations, LLCCovered position: House Veterans Affairs Committee, PSM; WH OMB, Program Examiner16 filingsthrough 2026
Patrick Michael LargeAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: Chief of Staff to Rep Steve Palazzo, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Sullivan, Legislative Correspondent to Rep. Charles Boustany15 filingsthrough 2026
John LundyCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: COS to Sen. Trent Lott; LA to Rep. Larry Combest; LA to Rep. Mike Espy15 filingsthrough 2022
Susan ButlerCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: COS to Rep. Chip Pickering; LA to Sen. Trent Lott15 filingsthrough 2022
Ty MabryCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: Deputy Legislative Director to Sen. Thad Cochran; LA to Rep. Chip Pickering15 filingsthrough 2022
Susan ButlerCr FederalCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering; Legislative Assistant, US Senate Majority Leader; Staff Liaison to Senate Budget and Finance Committees/Legislative Assistant to Senator Trent Lott13 filingsthrough 2026
Josh MartinAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: Chief of Staff to Rep mac Thornberry, Health policy Director to Senator Richard Burr, Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff to Congressman Michael Burgess12 filingsthrough 2023
Matt WeinsteinAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: Legislative Director to Rep Byrne, Sr LA to Rep Bonner, LA to Rep Rogers12 filingsthrough 2022
Nathan J MillerThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Former Lincoln Chafee Legislative Assistant12 filingsthrough 2015
Lauren BazelAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Senior Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kerry; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. William Cowan11 filingsthrough 2024
Neil MckiernanAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: Chief of Staff to Joe Courtney, Legislative Assistant to John Larson, Staff Assistant to Linda Sanchez10 filingsthrough 2026
Mckie Gordon CampbellBluewater StrategiesCovered position: Managing Partner9 filingsthrough 2019
Richard Kyle OliverBluewater StrategiesCovered position: Principal9 filingsthrough 2019
Covered positions · 41 of 47 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
