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: meta-platforms-inc-and-various-subsidiaries.
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.
HOM
58 filings
$221M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
56 filings
$212.8M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
56 filings
$211.5M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
55 filings
$218.1M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
47 filings
$200.4M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
43 filings
$159.2M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
42 filings
$133.2M on those filings
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
CIV
31 filings
$158.7M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
30 filings
$98.8M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
22 filings
$122.4M 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
Computer Science for All Act of 2019
9 filingsthrough 2020
H.Res. 153116th CongressSupporting the development of guidelines for ethical development of artificial intelligence.9 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1094118th CongressJournalism Competition and Preservation Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 486118th CongressHonest Ads Act8 filingsthrough 2024
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.
Brian RiceMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: See prior reports52 filingsthrough 2026
Sandra LuffMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: See prior reports37 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher RandleMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Leg Director, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, 2016-18; Senior Counsel, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, 2016; Counsel, Rep. Karen Bass, 2013-16; Aide/Judiciary Committee, Sen. Feinstein, 2011-13; Leg correspondent, Sen. Reid, 2007-0835 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin MartinMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Chairman, FCC; Commissioner, FCC; Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, President George W. Bush; Legal Advisor, FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth31 filingsthrough 2026
Catlin O'NeillMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: See prior reports30 filingsthrough 2020
Ritika RobertsonMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff - Rep. Ken Buck; Counsel - Sen. Ron Johnson; Counsel - Sen. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee27 filingsthrough 2026
Courtney TempleMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Legislative Director - Sen. Thom Tillis; Legislative Director - Rep. Joe Heck; Sr. Legislative Assistant - Rep. Steve Austria; Legislative Assistant - Rep. David Hobson24 filingsthrough 2025
Sydney PaulMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Snr. Leg Counsel, Senator Gary Peters; Leg Assistant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Deputy Scheduler, Senator John D Rockefeller23 filingsthrough 2024
John BranscomeMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Comms. Counsel, Sr. Counsel, Staff Dir. - Sen. Cmte on Comm., Sci. & Trans, Telecom Subcmte; FCC detailee - Sen. Amy Klobuchar; FCC detailee - Sen. Cmte on Comm, Sci. & Trans.20 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel KideraMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Secretary's Briefing Book Director - DHS; Director of Scheduling - Sen. Schumer20 filingsthrough 2025
Shelly MarcMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff - Rep. Barbara Lee; Staff Assistant and Policy Advisor - EOP, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (Obama Administration); Staff Assistant and Legislative Correspondent - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand19 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth Bartlett CarrollMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant/Scheduler - Rep. Scott Taylor19 filingsthrough 2026
Zuraya Tapia-HadleyMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Clerk, House Select Committee on the Voting Irregularities of August 7, 2007, Jan 08-May 08; Leg Ast, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Dec 07- Dec 07; Clerk , Committee for the House Committee on Small Business, Jan 07-Nov 0719 filingsthrough 2022
Payton Paytonia IhemeMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: See prior reports18 filingsthrough 2021
Sonia GillMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Senior Counsel - Chairman Dick Durbin, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Counsel, Chairman Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration16 filingsthrough 2026
JAMES ARDEN BARNETT jrVenable LLPCovered position: General Counsel, Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee14 filingsthrough 2026
Erin M EganMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various Subsidiaries13 filingsthrough 2018
Joel David KaplanMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: See prior reports13 filingsthrough 2014
Louisa TerrellMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: see prior reports8 filingsthrough 2013
Susan GonzalesMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: see prior reports8 filingsthrough 2013
Joshua AlthouseMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Conservative Outreach Director - House Speaker Paul Ryan; Shared Staffer - Rep. Joseph Pitts, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Rep. John Flemming; Staff - Rep. Joseph Pitts7 filingsthrough 2020
Timothy SparapaniMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various Subsidiaries6 filingsthrough 2011
Adam ConnerMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Director of Online Communications, Committee, on Rules, House of Representatives6 filingsthrough 2011
Crystal PattersonMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Communications Director - Rep. Tim Ryan3 filingsthrough 2021
Dustin CarmackMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various SubsidiariesCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. John Ratcliffe; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Rep. Ron DeSantis2 filingsthrough 2026
Patrick TruemanMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various Subsidiaries1 filingthrough 2026
N/A N/AMeta Platforms, Inc. and Various Subsidiaries1 filingthrough 2011
Covered positions · 27 of 31 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
