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: ligado-networks.
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.
32 filings
$23.7M on those filings
Aerospace
AER
14 filings
$198K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
13 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
2 filings
$300K 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.
114th Congress
MOBILE NOW Act
6 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 5393114th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 5485114th CongressFinancial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 3067114th CongressFinancial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4660113th CongressCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20153 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 6020112th CongressFinancial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 20133 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 5393115th CongressWorking Together to End Homelessness Act of 20182 filingsthrough 2017
H.R. 4909114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20172 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2943114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20172 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2115th CongressAgriculture Improvement Act of 20181 filingthrough 2018
H.R. 302115th CongressFAA Reauthorization Act of 20181 filingthrough 2018
S. 1405115th CongressFederal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 20171 filingthrough 2017
H.R. 6020113th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2013
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.
Ashley DurmerLigado NetworksCovered position: Staff Assistant to Senator Christopher Dodd, 2003-2004.
34 filingsthrough 2023
Michael FerenceS-3 GroupCovered position: Dir of Strategic Development for Majority Leader Eric Cantor34 filingsthrough 2022
Todd NovasconeOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Jerry Moran; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jerry Moran20 filingsthrough 2024
John LundyCr FederalCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Larry Combest; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Espy19 filingsthrough 2026
John S OrlandoPoint52 Group, LLC18 filingsthrough 2023
Erin C NealVelocity Government RelationsCovered position: Sen. Bill Nelson (2001 to 2003), Congressional Research Service (1999 to 2001)18 filingsthrough 2022
Daniel J GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: Intern, Rep. McMillan; COS, Rep Riley; LD, Rep Martini; Sr LA, Rep. Franks.17 filingsthrough 2024
Bryan CunninghamPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: LC Sen. Gregg; Intern, Sen. Bennett; Policy Advsr & LA, Sen Ensign; LA Rep LoBiondo.17 filingsthrough 2024
Matt BravoS-3 GroupCovered position: Director of Floor Operations for Maj. Whip Steve Scalise; Prof Staff, E&C; Floor Asst to Maj. Leader Eric Cantor17 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/LA to Senator Trent Lott16 filingsthrough 2026
Oscar Thomas RamirezFulcrum Public Affairs LLCCovered position: Special Asst. to the Secretary, Department of Labor // Chief of Staff, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA-32) // Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Al Green (D-TX-09) // Legislative Assistant / Legislative Director, Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA-43)14 filingsthrough 2023
Dana Jamal ThompsonFulcrum Public Affairs LLCCovered position: Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) // Legislative Counsel / Chief Counsel / Deputy Chief of Staff / Chief of Staff, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18)14 filingsthrough 2023
Sasha Bernhard HernandezFulcrum Public Affairs LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) // Legislative Aide, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)14 filingsthrough 2023
Ashley GunnMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Special Asst to the President, Senior Director, White House Office of Cabinet Affairs14 filingsthrough 2022
George Nicholas CaramMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Staff Officer, Special Assistant, National Security Council; Sr. LA, LA, LC, Sr. Staff Asst, Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Special Asst, Rep. C.W. Bill Young13 filingsthrough 2022
Kate DickensS-3 GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, US Sen Mark Kirk; Leg Director, Rep. Mike Castle; Foreign Policy Adv, Rep. Connie Morella12 filingsthrough 2022
Scott ShillerLigado NetworksCovered position: Dept Agriculture, Conf Asst RUS Admin; Lee Terry, Leg Dir; Dept Energy, Dep Asst Secy, Energy Policy; Billy Long, Leg Dir; Lee Zeldin, Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Dir; USAID, Advisor, Bureau Middle East; WH NSC, Dir Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Affairs.11 filingsthrough 2023
Jeff ShockeyS-3 GroupCovered position: Staff Director, House Approps Comm11 filingsthrough 2014
John LundyCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: COS to Senator Trent Lott; LA to Rep. Larry Combest, LA to Rep. Mike Espy9 filingsthrough 2022
Susan ButlerCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: COS to Rep. Chip Pickering; LA to Senator Trent Lott9 filingsthrough 2022
Ty MabryCapitol Resources, LLCCovered position: Deputy LD/MLA to Senator Thad Cochran; Deputy Policy Dir to Rep. Gregg Harper and Rep. Chip Pickering9 filingsthrough 2022
John SimpsonCapitol Resources, LLC9 filingsthrough 2022
Mark A. PattersonAshurst Perkins Coie US LLP (Name Change Effective 6.26.26)Covered position: Chief of Staff - Department of the Treasury; Policy Director - Sen. Tom Daschle; Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel - Senate Committee on Finance9 filingsthrough 2018
Kevin CaseyS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Pol Dir, Dem Caucus; Counselor, Leg. Dir, Leg. Asst, Rep. Joseph Crowley; Staff Asst, Leg. Correspondent, Rep. Bob Weygand8 filingsthrough 2023
Covered positions · 41 of 54 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
