99 filings from 5 registrants · 2008–2018 · latest filed Oct 5, 2018
Reported on its behalf
$6M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$5M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1M
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Telecommunications
TEC
71 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
17 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Government Issues
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 3919110th CongressBroadband Census of America Act of 20073 filingsthrough 2008
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.
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: level-3-communications-llc.
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.
GOV
14 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
13 filings
$980K on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
13 filings
$963K on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
7 filings
$25K on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
5 filings
$822K 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 2017
James Charles PribylLevel 3 Communications, LLC20 filingsthrough 2013
Chip PickeringCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: Staffer to Senator Trent Lott18 filingsthrough 2013
Roger FlemingNorthfork StrategiesCovered position: Schedule C Appointee, President H.W. Bush; Counsel to the Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission; Counsel, U.S. House Judiciary Committee15 filingsthrough 2018
JOHN BREAUX jrBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senator (18 yrs), US Representative (2 yrs)8 filingsthrough 2013
John Parker FlynnBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: Sen. Breaux Staff, 98-048 filingsthrough 2013
CHESTER TRENT LOTT srBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senator (19 yrs), US Representative (1 yr)8 filingsthrough 2013
Matthew CuttsBreaux Lott Leadership Group8 filingsthrough 2013
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995)7 filingsthrough 2010
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)7 filingsthrough 2010
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel Rep. Matsui (1998-2001)7 filingsthrough 2010
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Comm. Dir., President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform (2005)7 filingsthrough 2010
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992)7 filingsthrough 2010
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Leg. Director - Rep. Bill Archer (1998-1994)7 filingsthrough 2010
Robert M RozenErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: LA Sen. Ford (1980-1985)7 filingsthrough 2010
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)7 filingsthrough 2010
Anne Elizabeth PhelpsErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst.toPresident (Domestic Policy/Health) 2001-20027 filingsthrough 2010
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Chief of Staff Rep. Cardin (2006-2007)7 filingsthrough 2010
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst.Sec. to Senate Minority (1998-1995)7 filingsthrough 2010
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Whip Liason - Sen. Min.Whip Lott (2007)7 filingsthrough 2010
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Counsel - H.Com. Nat. Resources (1987-2008)7 filingsthrough 2010
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Staff Associate Ways&Means Com. & Rep. Herger (93-97)7 filingsthrough 2010
Holly A BodeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: HHS, Special Asst. Office of Asst. Sec. Leg. (1994-1999)7 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)6 filingsthrough 2010
William HeynigerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)6 filingsthrough 2010
