50 filings from 2 registrants · 2008–2018 · latest filed Jan 22, 2019
Reported on its behalf
$3M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$3M
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Agriculture
AGR
26 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
19 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 28 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1599114th CongressSafe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2609114th CongressAn original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes.4 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1260111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Randall RussellThe Russell Group, Inc.41 filingsthrough 2018
Tyson RedpathThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Boehner41 filingsthrough 2018
Andrew HarkerThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: House Agriculture Committee Intern17 filingsthrough 2018
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: monsanto-co.
fees reported
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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.
CPT
7 filings
$440K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$70K on those filings
Chemicals/Chemical Industry
CHM
3 filings
$240K 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.
4 filingsthrough 2010
S. 515111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2642113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20133 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 4432113th CongressSafe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 20143 filingsthrough 2014
S. 954113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20133 filingsthrough 2013
S. 364111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2419110th CongressFood, Conservation, and Energy Act of 20083 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2115th CongressAgriculture Improvement Act of 20182 filingsthrough 2018
S. 3042115th CongressAgriculture Improvement Act of 20182 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2410113th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20142 filingsthrough 2013
S. 1244113th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20142 filingsthrough 2013
H.R. 1908110th CongressPatent Reform Act of 20072 filingsthrough 2008
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.
Edward BarronThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Senate Envir. and Public Works Comm - Dep. COS12 filingsthrough 2011
Karla ThiemanThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, USDA; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry6 filingsthrough 2018
Andrew W ShoyerSidley Austin LLPCovered position: N/A5 filingsthrough 2008
William LesherThe Russell Group, Inc.4 filingsthrough 2008
Covered positions · 6 of 8 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
