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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
19 filings
$1M on those filings
Arts/Entertainment
ART
16 filings
$1M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 19 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
Sam OlswangerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg staff, Rep Webster, Jan 11-Jun 11; intrn, Rep Blackburn, Sep 08-Dec 0828 filingsthrough 2026
Ed PaganoAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014; Dep Asst to the President for Leg Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14; CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005-11; Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, 1997-0428 filingsthrough 2026
Casey Christine HigginsAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Asst to Spkr for Policy and Trade Cnsl, Paul Ryan, Nov 15-Jan 19; Trade Cncl to House Ways & Means, Jan 15-Nov 15; LC to Rep. Paul Ryan, Oct 11-Jan 15; Law Clrk House Budget Comm, Sep 09-May 10.26 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 25 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: national-independent-venue-association.
CSP
16 filings
$860K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
12 filings
$710K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
2 filings
$120K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
1 filing
$60K 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.
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.
Zachary RudisillAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen Portman, Jun 14-May 18, Tax Counsel; Rep. Dave Reichert, Jul 12-Jun
14,Legslat Directr/Tax Counsl; House Ways Means Comm, Dec 10-Jul 12;
Rep. Dave Camp, Legislative Assist; House Ways and Means Comm.Aug.
10-Nov. 10
16 filingsthrough 2025
Virgil MillerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Policy Fellow, Rep. Edolphus Towns, Aug06 - Feb07; Prof Staff Mber, Commit on Eng and Com, Feb 07 - Jan 11; Health Policy Advisor, Rep. John D. Dingell, Jan 09 - Jan 11; CoS, Rep. Cedric Richmond, Jan 11 - Mar 19.13 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher Armstrong TreanorAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Pol Analyst, Energy & Env, H Energy & Commerce Comm11 filingsthrough 2025
Jose BorjonAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Rep V.Gonzalez, Jan 17- Feb 21; Snr Advsr/Dpty CoS, Rep F.Vela, Jun 14- Jan 17; Comm Drctr, Rep Gallego, Dec 13- Jan 15; Drctr Strtgy/Comm, Rep Reyes, Nov 11- Jan 13; Press Sec, Rep Cuellar, Jan 11- Nov 11; Comm Drctr, Rep Ortiz, Mar 09- Jan 119 filingsthrough 2025
Hans C RickhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld8 filingsthrough 2021
Gordon Hunter BatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99.5 filingsthrough 2025
Arshi SiddiquiAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sr pol adv & cnsl for Spkr Pelosi, Oct 03-May 09; Ways & Means cnsl, Rep
Becerra, 1998-May 00; pol aide, Rep Clayton, Oct 97-Jan 985 filingsthrough 2021
Caryn Dyson LesterAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Prof staff mbr to Sen Breaux, 2003-04; Intrn to Sen Mikulski, 19993 filingsthrough 2021
Brendan DunnAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff Mbr and Leg Asst to Sen Hatch Judiciary Comm and Sub-Comm, Apr04-May07, Aug07-May08; Special Counsel to Sen Hatch Fin Comm, Jan 11-Dec 12; Policy Adv and Counsel to Sen McConnell Majority Leader staff, Dec 12-May18.3 filingsthrough 2020
David SchwietertAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Sen. Comm. On Commerce, Science, & Transport., Staff Dir (13-15); Sen. Thune, Leg. Dir (07-12); Sen. Comm. On Environ. & Public Works, Waste Management SubComm., Staff Dir (05-06).2 filingsthrough 2025
Karen Goldmeier GreenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Counsel, Rep. Robert T. Matsui, 1995-1998; Counsel, White House Conference on Aging, 1994-1995.2 filingsthrough 2024
Matthew HittleAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Staff Asst, H Comm W&M May, 11-Jan. 12; Sr Staff Asst, H Comm W&M, Jan 12-May 12; Leg Asst, H Comm on W&M Ovrst Subcom, May 12-Feb 15; Sr Leg Asst, Rep Noem, Feb. 15-March 17; LD, Rep. Noem, March 17-Dec 18; Sr Advisr to Administr, CMS, Dec 18-Dec 202 filingsthrough 2021
Brian Arthur PomperAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Ch Intl Trade Cnsl, Intl Trade Cnsl, Senate Fin2 filingsthrough 2020
Geoff VerhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Press aide, ofc of Sen Roth, Nov 00-Jan 01; press aide, S Fin Comm, Aug 99-Nov 001 filingthrough 2025
CHARLIE W JOHNSON ivAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld1 filingthrough 2024
Reginald BabinAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Chf Cnsl, Sen. Schumer (20-22); Cnsl, Sen. Schumer (17-20); Leg Dir, Rep. Richmond (15-17); Cnsl, Rep. Richmond (14-15); Assoc. Cnsl, Subcomm on Finance and Contracting Overst (2014); Legal Fellow, Subcomm on Finance and Contracting Overst (13-14)1 filingthrough 2024
Clete WillemsAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Dpty Asst to Pres, 18-19; Spl Asst to Pres, 17-18; Chf Cnsl for Neg, Leg,
Admin Law, USTR, 15-17; Lgl Advr to WTO, USTR, 12-15; Assist Gen
Cnsl, USTR, 09-12; Cnsl and Bud Anlst, House Bud Comm, 07-09; LD, Rep.
Paul Ryan, 06-07; LA, Rep. Paul Ryan1 filingthrough 2020
Covered positions · 18 of 20 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
