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: mayo-clinic.
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.
MED
125 filings
$14.1M on those filings
Railroads
RRR
60 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
55 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
39 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
38 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
32 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
14 filings
$3.1M on those filings
Veterans
VET
11 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Defense
DEF
10 filings
$610K on those filings
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ALC
9 filings
$2.2M 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.
S. 3792117th CongressHospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act6 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4321110th CongressEnhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 20076 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4058117th CongressTelemental Health Care Access Act of 20215 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2061117th CongressTelemental Health Care Access Act of 20215 filingsthrough 2022
S. 4348117th CongressFDASLA Act of 20225 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 6116th CongressAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 20195 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 6201116th CongressFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act5 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.
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel & Policy Director, House Republican Conference73 filingsthrough 2026
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Mineta; EA, Rep. David Markey52 filingsthrough 2021
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster48 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen M RyanMcdermott Will & Schulte LLP46 filingsthrough 2020
Karen SealanderMcdermott Will & Schulte LLP43 filingsthrough 2024
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole40 filingsthrough 2025
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee36 filingsthrough 2026
David Duane RansomMcdermott Will & Schulte LLPCovered position: 2007-08: Sr Communications and Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; 2002-06: Communications Director, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; 1999-2001: Communications Director, House Committee on Administration (Steny Hoyer, Ranking Member)35 filingsthrough 2018
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill33 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew QuinnMcallister & Quinn, LLCCovered position: SA, LA- Rep. Hoyer32 filingsthrough 2021
Jennifer MallardMayo ClinicCovered position: Director, Federal Government Relations32 filingsthrough 2019
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle31 filingsthrough 2026
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter29 filingsthrough 2019
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln25 filingsthrough 2015
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)24 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin24 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)24 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.23 filingsthrough 2026
