16 filings from 2 registrants · 2020–2022 · latest filed Oct 20, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$500K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$500K
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.
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
8 filings
$360K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
8 filings
$140K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 1280117th CongressGeorge Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 20213 filingsthrough 2021
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.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Brian BallardBallard Partners9 filingsthrough 2022
Nicole VenableInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg. Asst/Fellow, Rep. Lee Hamilton (1992-1993);
Leg. Asst, Sen. Chuck Robb (1993-1996);
Congressional Affairs Liaison, USTR (1996-1998);
Sr Policy Adv, Rep. William J. Jefferson (1998-02);
Chief of Staff, Rep. William J. Jefferson (2004-2005)9 filingsthrough 2022
Jose Felix DiazBallard Partners9 filingsthrough 2022
Eric RosenInvariant LLCCovered position: Asst US Atty, N. Dist of CA, Dept of Justice (2006-2007)
Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Comm (2001-2006);
Leg. Dir, Rep. Anthony Weiner (1999-2001);
Dep Dir, Dept of Justice Office of Intergovt Affair (1997-1999);
Leg. Asst, Rep. Chet Atkins (1992-1993)
The filings
Every filing on record. Each row links to its full disclosure.
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: mark43-inc.
fees reported
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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
6 filings
$290K 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.
8 filingsthrough 2022
Maia Hunt EstesInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Anthony Brown (2017-2020)8 filingsthrough 2022
Lindley ShererInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief/Staff, Rep. Elise Stefanik (2015-2018); Leg Dir, Rep. Scott Tipton (2013-2014); Leg Dir, Rep. Todd Rokita (2011-2013); Spec Adv, Treas Dept (2007-2008); Spec Asst, Exec Off. of the Pres (2005-2006); Spec Asst, Off. of the VP (2002-2005)5 filingsthrough 2022
Venkatasatya KroviInvariant LLCCovered position: Rep. Brenda Lawrence:
Chief of Staff (2019-2020);
Deputy Chief of Staff & Leg. Director (2018-2019);
Leg. Director (2017-2018);
Senior Leg. Asst/Policy Advisor (2015-2017);
Rep. Charlie Melancon:
Staff Asst/Leg. Correspondent (2009-2011)4 filingsthrough 2021
Samual George LoveInvariant LLCCovered position: Sen. Cory Gardner: Legislative Assistant (2015-2021); Legislative Aide/Director of Correspondence (2015); Rep. Cory Gardner: Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondent (2013-2014); Legislative Correspondent (2013)2 filingsthrough 2021
Covered positions · 6 of 8 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
