86 filings from 6 registrants · 2008–2019 · latest filed Jan 21, 2020
Reported on its behalf
$4.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$4.8M
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.
Barry LasalaAvoq, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee29 filingsthrough 2019
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud Cmte, S/C on Juv Jus; Legal Extern, H. Jud Cmte, Subcmte Crime/Crim Jus; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid; Leg Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid; Chief Counsel, Flr Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem Ldr/Whip29 filingsthrough 2019
Stacey AlexanderAvoq, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Matheson
The filings
The 20 most recent of 86 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: metlife.
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
33 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
14 filings
$680K on those filings
Banking
BAN
12 filings
$606K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
12 filings
$500K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
9 filings
$540K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
6 filings
$380K on those filings
Retirement
RET
5 filings
$270K on those filings
Housing
HOU
4 filings
$180K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
2 filings
$100K on those filings
Constitution
CON
2 filings
$100K 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.
7 filings
through 2016
S. 1484114th CongressFinancial Regulatory Improvement Act of 20156 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3590111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4872111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1994116th CongressSetting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 20194 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 3126111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3795111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
S. 515111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3355110th CongressHomeowners' Defense Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1007116th CongressRetirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 20193 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 2140113th CongressInsurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 20133 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1369113th CongressA bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2270113th CongressInsurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 20143 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.
29 filings
through 2019
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant, Sen. Adams; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Eckart; Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff, House Minority Leader29 filingsthrough 2019
Kristina KennedyAvoq, LLCCovered position: Leg Counsel, Counsel, and Legislative Director, Sen. Sarbanes28 filingsthrough 2019
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff, Senate Finance ; ; Acting Chief, Healthcare, Senate Finance ; ; Professional Staff, Health Senate Finance ; ; Leg Asst., Senator Baucus28 filingsthrough 2019
JACK S DEUSER jrThe Smith-Free Group, LLC15 filingsthrough 2012
Michael HusseyQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)14 filingsthrough 2012
Doyle BartlettEris Group14 filingsthrough 2012
Greg MesackEris Group14 filingsthrough 2012
Kevin D KayesQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen14 filingsthrough 2012
Michael MchughUrban Swirski & Associates, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Gordon Smith13 filingsthrough 2012
Anne UrbanUrban Swirski & Associates, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Tax Adviser, Sen. Bob Kerrey13 filingsthrough 2012
Sandra SwirskiUrban Swirski & Associates, LLCCovered position: Tax Counsel to Sen. Al Simpson13 filingsthrough 2012
Jack QuinnQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: Counsel Pres Clinton, CoS Vice Pres Gore12 filingsthrough 2012
Andrew BarbourThe Smith-Free Group, LLC11 filingsthrough 2012
Whitaker L AskewAvoq, LLC10 filingsthrough 2019
James C FreeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC10 filingsthrough 2012
Jennifer BendallEris Group10 filingsthrough 2011
Manuel OrtizQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)10 filingsthrough 2011
Ed KutlerAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, House Wednesday Group; Senior Advisor to Minority Whip and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich9 filingsthrough 2019
Drew K ColeQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: Intern, Senator Don Nickles9 filingsthrough 2012
David LugarQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)9 filingsthrough 2010
John David HoppeQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: StaffDir/CoSSenLott,CoS RepJKemp&SenDCoats8 filingsthrough 2011
Jamie WallAvoq, LLCCovered position: LA - Sen. Roy Blunt, LA - Sen. Kit Bond, LC - Sen. Kit Bond, Staff Asst. - Sen. Kit Bond, Constituent Svcs Caseworker - Gov. Matt Blunt7 filingsthrough 2018
