96 filings from 7 registrants · 2008–2026 · latest filed Jun 1, 2026
Reported on its behalf
$3.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3.8M
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: maersk-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.
BUD
36 filings
$1M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
5 filings
$99K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
4 filings
$49K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
3 filings
$60K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
3 filings
$60K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
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.
115th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
3 filingsthrough 2017
S. 1906115th CongressA bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.3 filingsthrough 2017
H.R. 4909114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2829114th CongressMaritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 20173 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2844114th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20173 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4310112th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20133 filingsthrough 2012
S. 1430112th CongressMaritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20123 filingsthrough 2012
S. 3254112th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20133 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 5136111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3353115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20182 filingsthrough 2017
S. 1655115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20182 filingsthrough 2017
H.R. 5325114th CongressContinuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act2 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.
Robert H Marsh
The Ob-C Group, LLC
34 filingsthrough 2026
Lawrence F O'Brien, IiiThe Ob-C Group, LLC34 filingsthrough 2026
David HeilThe Ob-C Group, LLCCovered position: Congressman Sam Johnson34 filingsthrough 2026
Patricia A NelsonThe Ob-C Group, LLC27 filingsthrough 2024
James SartucciK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Sen Comm on Commerce, Science & Transp24 filingsthrough 2015
James T TurnerTurner Pollard Strategies, LLC16 filingsthrough 2015
JOHN J POLLARD iiiTurner Pollard Strategies, LLC16 filingsthrough 2015
Michael F ScanlonK&L Gates, LLP11 filingsthrough 2016
Daniel KideraThe Ob-C Group, LLC10 filingsthrough 2020
Rolf MarshallK&L Gates, LLP9 filingsthrough 2010
James T WalshK&L Gates, LLP8 filingsthrough 2015
Daniel RitterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Counsel, Sen Subcom on Educ, Arts & Humanities4 filingsthrough 2015
LF PAYNE jrMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)4 filingsthrough 2008
Paul UngerMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director, Senator George Allen4 filingsthrough 2008
Kevin CurtinLaw Offices of Kevin G. Curtin4 filingsthrough 2008
Barnaby HarkinsMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)4 filingsthrough 2008
Steven Richards ValentineK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith3 filingsthrough 2015
Stephen A. MartinkoK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst, Rep Gibbons; LA, Rep Porter; Floor Debate Coord, House Rep Conf; Dir of Floor Debate, House Rep Conf); LD/Dep CoS/CoS, Rep Shuster3 filingsthrough 2015
Thomas F WallsMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)3 filingsthrough 2008
Slade GortonK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: U.S. Senator2 filingsthrough 2015
Dennis PotterK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Staff Asst/LC, Sen Gramm2 filingsthrough 2015
Mark RugeK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2015
Judson GreifK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2015
Michael O'NeilK&L Gates, LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff/Gen Counsel, CIA2 filingsthrough 2014
William KirkK&L Gates, LLP2 filingsthrough 2013
Covered positions · 19 of 44 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
