173 filings from 7 registrants · 2008–2022 · latest filed Nov 2, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$12.3M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$7.4M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$4.9M
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: magazine-publishers-of-america.
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.
73 filings
$7.8M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
70 filings
$8.3M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
47 filings
$6.1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
46 filings
$5.9M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
15 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
10 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
4 filings
$580K on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
2 filings
$100K 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
Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015
12 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1486113th CongressPostal Reform Act of 201412 filingsthrough 2014
S. 353112th CongressU.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 201112 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2102110th CongressFree Flow of Information Act of 200712 filingsthrough 2008
S. 1720117th CongressPostal Service Reform Act of 202111 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1116th CongressFor the People Act of 201911 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 679116th CongressPolitical Accountability and Transparency Act11 filingsthrough 2020
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.
Kristina KennedyAvoq, LLCCovered position: COUNSEL AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, SEN. PAUL SARBANES
42 filingsthrough 2019
James R CreganMagazine Publishers of America42 filingsthrough 2018
James RyanAvoq, LLC40 filingsthrough 2020
Stacey AlexanderAvoq, LLC40 filingsthrough 2020
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson ; ; Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen34 filingsthrough 2022
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs34 filingsthrough 2022
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor34 filingsthrough 2022
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Correspondent, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Aide, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Appropriations Coordinator, Senator McConnell ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell34 filingsthrough 2022
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education ; ; Special Assistant to the President ; ; Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House34 filingsthrough 2022
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering ; ; Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering34 filingsthrough 2022
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Leg Correspondent, Senator Baucus34 filingsthrough 2020
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence33 filingsthrough 2022
Robert CogornoAvoq, LLCCovered position: Communications, Sen. Adams31 filingsthrough 2017
William Kirk BlalockFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House25 filingsthrough 2014
Kate HullFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen25 filingsthrough 2014
Michael ChappellFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering25 filingsthrough 2014
Mark Warren IsakowitzFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Press Secretary for Congressman Gilmor25 filingsthrough 2014
Kirsten ChadwickFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs25 filingsthrough 2014
Eric ZulkoskyFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole24 filingsthrough 2022
Bradley WeltmanMagazine Publishers of AmericaCovered position: Senator Harry Reid; Senate HELP; Rep.B Kennelly24 filingsthrough 2014
Brigitte Schmidt GwynMagazine Publishers of America18 filingsthrough 2022
Mary Bowie HollandMagazine Publishers of America18 filingsthrough 2018
Whitaker L AskewAvoq, LLC14 filingsthrough 2020
James DavidsonPolsinelli PC14 filingsthrough 2015
Danielle MaurerFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Deputy to the Associate Director, OMB14 filingsthrough 2014
William PiperFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell14 filingsthrough 2014
Covered positions · 35 of 47 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
