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: medtronic-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.
TAX
162 filings
$75M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
104 filings
$67.8M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
66 filings
$32.4M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
59 filings
$42.5M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
56 filings
$54.4M on those filings
Veterans
VET
49 filings
$33.6M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
49 filings
$27.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
36 filings
$18M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
22 filings
$17.3M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
22 filings
$12.8M 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
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019
15 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 1346111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.15 filingsthrough 2010
S. 540111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.15 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2029110th CongressPhysician Payments Sunshine Act of 200713 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1193117th CongressCardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act12 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 160114th CongressProtect Medical Innovation Act of 201512 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 6114th Congress21st Century Cures Act12 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2131113th CongressSKILLS Visa Act12 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 7667117th CongressFood and Drug Amendments of 202211 filingsthrough 2022
S. 4348117th CongressFDASLA Act of 202211 filingsthrough 2022
S. 804114th CongressMedicare CGM Access Act of 201511 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3303113th CongressSOFTWARE Act of 201311 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Rosemary GarzaMedtronic, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Gene Green
43 filingsthrough 2019
HENRY W MENN iiiBrown Rudnick LLPCovered position: CoS, Sen. Bob Graham (2001 - 2004); Min SD & Counsel, Cmte on Vet Affairs (2004); Sp Asst Leg Aff, FDA Office of Commissioner (1993-1995)42 filingsthrough 2019
Todd E GillenwaterMedtronic, Inc.38 filingsthrough 2026
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist;
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health;
Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health; Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources;
Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy;
Case Worker, Representative R. Boschwitz31 filingsthrough 2026
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Zoe Lofgren;
Director of Congressional Relations, FTC;
Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, Vice President Gore;
Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum31 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee;
Chief of Staff, Representative John Shadegg;
Legislative Assistant, Representative Dannemeyer;
Legislative Director, Representative Bartlett31 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy;
General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference31 filingsthrough 2026
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means;
Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means;
Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means;
Communications Director, Representative Dave Camp31 filingsthrough 2026
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means;
Policy Director, White House;
Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House);; Policy Advisor, Representative Rahm Emanuel;
Health LA, Representative Carolyn McCarthy31 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee;
Policy Advisor/Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Representative Tom DeLay;
Legislative Director, Representative Hal Rogers;; Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Ralph Regula;
Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bob Franks;
Legislative Assistant, Representative Hal Rogers;; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee;
Staff Assistant, Representative Bud Shuster31 filingsthrough 2026
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator John Boozman;
Staff Director/Chief Counsel, House Veterans Affairs Committee (Representative Jeff Miller);
Professional Staff/Counsel, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (Senator Larry Craig);; Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller;
Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller;
Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller;
Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee31 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill30 filingsthrough 2026
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 Daschle28 filingsthrough 2026
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats;
Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg;
General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole27 filingsthrough 2025
Peter SloneMedtronic, Inc.27 filingsthrough 2015
Sean D'ArcyAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld26 filingsthrough 2019
HENRY W MENN iiiGovernment Counsel, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Bob Graham; Minority Staff Director & Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Veterans Affairs; Sp. Asst. Legislative Affairs, FDA Office of Commissioner.24 filingsthrough 2024
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)21 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. Harkin21 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)21 filingsthrough 2026
Jeff McmillenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff dir, H Ways & Means Subcomm on Sel Rev Measures, Mar 01-Mar 04; staff, H Ways & Means Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 0121 filingsthrough 2019
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.20 filingsthrough 2026
Andrea Becker LooneyMedtronic, Inc.Covered position: Special Assistant to the President, Office of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President Chief of Staff, Senator William H. Frist Legislative Director, Senator William H. Frist Legislative Counsel, Senator William H. Frist18 filingsthrough 2026
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)16 filingsthrough 2025
Michael LewanBrown Rudnick LLP16 filingsthrough 2012
Caitlin Van SantMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)15 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 59 of 89 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
