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.
Kristen GullottDogwood StrategiesCovered position: Special Assistant, US Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, 2002-2003 Policy Advisor, US Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, 2003-200463 filingsthrough 2026
Paul Edward DininoDinino Associates, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff -- US Senator Harry Reid58 filingsthrough 2026
John ColbertCapitol Hill PartnersCovered position: Schedule C Employee Dept. of Labor - 1996-2001
The filings
The 20 most recent of 251 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
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: maximus.
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
58 filings
$1M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
53 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
36 filings
$1M on those filings
Veterans
VET
34 filings
$786K on those filings
Welfare
WEL
33 filings
$773K on those filings
Unemployment
UNM
26 filings
$551K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
25 filings
$380K on those filings
Education
EDU
18 filings
$360K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
7 filings
$173K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
7 filings
$158K 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.
116th Congress
Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019
5 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 6201116th CongressFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act5 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 6312116th CongressCOVID–19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 20205 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5083114th CongressVA Appeals Modernization Act of 20165 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3200114th CongressTo authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer unobligated amounts previously made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to the medical accounts of the Department to improve the furnishing of health care to veterans.3 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 763114th CongressTo direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3230113th CongressVeterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 20143 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5304119th CongressDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20262 filingsthrough 2025
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.
50 filings
through 2026
Jim SourwineCapitol Hill PartnersCovered position: Prof. Staff Member Senate Appropriations Committee - 1975-200727 filingsthrough 2021
LEE FOLEY iiiCapitol Hill Partners18 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas HodgkinsHodgkins and Associates18 filingsthrough 2022
John FasoJohn J. Faso Consulting LLCCovered position: Member of Congress15 filingsthrough 2026
Julia SusmanJefferson Business Consulting, LLC11 filingsthrough 2011
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Pol Dir (Senate Maj Ldr Frist); Staff Dir (Senate Pub. Health SC); Maj Health Pol Csl (House Ways/Means C, Health SC); Health Pol Coord & Csl (Senate Labor/HR C); Csl & Prof Staff (Senate Labor/HR C, Disab Pol SC); Case Wkr (Rep. Boschwitz)10 filingsthrough 2026
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Staff Asst (Senator Metzenbaum)10 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Exec Dir (House Repub Pol C); CoS (Rep. Shadegg); LA (Rep. Dannemeyer); LD (Rep. Bartlett)10 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Pol; General Csl & Pol Dir (House Repub Conf)10 filingsthrough 2026
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Dir, Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Sr Adv (House Ways/Means C); Comm Dir (Rep. Camp)10 filingsthrough 2026
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dir (Office of Legis, CMS); Prof Staff Mem, (House Ways/Means C); Pol Dir (White House); Pol Dir (HHS Office of Health Reform-detailed to White House); Pol Adv (Rep. Emanuel); Health LA (Rep. McCarthy)10 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Mem Svcs & Coalitions Dir (House Approp C); Pol Adv/Dep CoS (House Maj Ldr DeLay); LD (Rep. Rogers); Sr LA (Rep. Regula); Sr LA (Rep. Franks); LA (Rep. Rogers); Special Proj Asst (House Trans/Infra C); Staff Asst (Rep. Shuster)10 filingsthrough 2026
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staff/Csl - Senate VA C (Senator Craig); Csl/LD (Rep. Miller); LA (Rep. Miller); Scheduler (Rep. Miller); Law Clerk (House Trans/Infra C)10 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Sr Csl, Csl (Senator McCaskill); Assoc Admin, Dep Assoc Admin, Sr Adv (Office of Cong & Intergvt Relations, EPA)10 filingsthrough 2026
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dep Dir of Legis. Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Assoc Dir-Senate Dem Steering C (Senator Daschle)10 filingsthrough 2026
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)10 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dep COS, Leg Dir (Senator Cantwell); Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., (Senator Harkin)10 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen M. CoteMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Dir/Shrd Emp (House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)10 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.10 filingsthrough 2026
Michael CopherBrick Street StrategyCovered position: Former Staff Director House Veterans Affairs Committee and personal office Chief of Staff10 filingsthrough 2026
Caitlin Van SantMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)10 filingsthrough 2026
Lisa GoldmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce); Counsel House Comm on E&C10 filingsthrough 2026
Alyene MlinarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)10 filingsthrough 2026
Erica Jay ChabotMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)10 filingsthrough 2026
Nathan ButzlaffJefferson Business Consulting, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator Lisa Murkowski10 filingsthrough 2011
Robert WoodBgr Government AffairsCovered position: See prior filing.9 filingsthrough 2010
Covered positions · 38 of 42 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
