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
159 filings
$17.4M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
152 filings
$17.1M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 375 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1396113th CongressCalifornia Federal Milk Marketing Order Act12 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3798113th CongressTo repeal an annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other purposes.11 filingsthrough 2014
Paul Edward BleibergNational Milk Producers FederationCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff and LD, Rep. Reid Ribble LA and LC, Rep. Randy Kuhl LC, Rep. Sherwood Boehlert45 filingsthrough 2025
Robert R GreenWatson Green LLC (Formerly WATSON/MULHERN, LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff (Sen Ag Com); Deputy Undersec Ag44 filingsthrough 2022
The filings
The 20 most recent of 238 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-milk-producers-federation.
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.
FOO
114 filings
$16.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
79 filings
$16M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
76 filings
$15.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
75 filings
$15.3M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
72 filings
$15.5M on those filings
Animals
ANI
69 filings
$15.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
68 filings
$14.6M on those filings
Trucking/Shipping
TRU
58 filings
$13.8M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
57 filings
$12.2M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
38 filings
$7.5M 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.
113th Congress
Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2013
11 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 820113th CongressDelivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 201311 filingsthrough 2014
S. 622113th CongressAnimal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 201311 filingsthrough 2014
S. 744113th CongressBorder Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act11 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1660111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2421110th CongressClean Water Restoration Act of 200711 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4996117th CongressOcean Shipping Reform Act of 202110 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 23115th CongressGaining Responsibility on Water Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 778115th CongressDAIRY PRIDE Act10 filingsthrough 2018
S. 130115th CongressDAIRY PRIDE Act10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1158111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.10 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2419110th CongressFood, Conservation, and Energy Act of 200810 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.
John HollayNational Milk Producers FederationCovered position: REP. JOE COURTNEY/SR. LEGISLATIVE ASST.
30 filingsthrough 2017
P Welles OrrMiller & Chevalier, Chtd25 filingsthrough 2019
Craig ThornDtb Associates LLPCovered position: Dir. Europe, Africa & Mid. East. USDA25 filingsthrough 2014
Claudia LarsonNational Milk Producers FederationCovered position: Strategic Policy Associate and Communication Director, Rep. Costa22 filingsthrough 2024
Tony RiceNational Milk Producers FederationCovered position: Cabinet Affairs Intern (Unpaid) - White House Internship Program; Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy Intern (Unpaid) - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative21 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan BennettNational Milk Producers Federation19 filingsthrough 2015
Dana BrooksNational Milk Producers Federation17 filingsthrough 2013
James MulhernWatson Green LLC (Formerly WATSON/MULHERN, LLC)17 filingsthrough 2012
Eric LaustenHb Strategies (Fka Husch Blackwell Strategies)Covered position: Rep Lipinski, Chief of Staff Rep Acevedo-Villa, Legislative Director Rep McKinney, Legislative Director14 filingsthrough 2026
John WeberMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Intern, Senator John Thune (R-SD), Legislative Director, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD); Legislative Assistant, Chairman Conaway, House Committee on Agriculture, Staff Assistant, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD).14 filingsthrough 2026
Tyson RedpathThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Boehner14 filingsthrough 2023
Lilia Mcfarland HorderMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Special Asst, Office of Congressional Relations USDA, Legislative Analyst, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA ,New and Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program Coordinator USDA, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA12 filingsthrough 2026
William FoxHb Strategies (Fka Husch Blackwell Strategies)Covered position: House Transportation Committee Staffer12 filingsthrough 2024
Josef NovotnyHb Strategies (Fka Husch Blackwell Strategies)Covered position: Lorraine Miller - Reading Clerk, Karen Haas - Reading Clerk, Cheryl Johnson - Reading Clerk12 filingsthrough 2024
Jessica SchulkenThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Clerk and Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies11 filingsthrough 2022
Charles GarrisonThe Garrison Group LLC10 filingsthrough 2010
Kimberly EllisMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX); Deputy Executive Secretary and Confidential Assistant, Office of U.S. Trade Representative7 filingsthrough 2025
Karla ThiemanThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, USDA; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry7 filingsthrough 2021
David HickeyNational Milk Producers Federation7 filingsthrough 2012
Mary KniggeNational Milk Producers Federation7 filingsthrough 2010
Carmen RottenbergGroundswell Strategy LLCCovered position: Administrator, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service6 filingsthrough 2026
Anna Osterlind JonesGroundswell Strategy LLCCovered position: USDA TFAA Chief of Staff; USDA AMS Chief of Staff; USDA OCR Congressional and Policy Advisor; Office of Sen. Blunt LC, Staff Assistant; House Budget Committee, Intern6 filingsthrough 2026
Ashlee Nicole JohnsonThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Staff Assistant, Rep. Mike Ross; Executive Assistant, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Legislative Analyst, White House Liaison, Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary, USDA; Policy Assistant, Domestic Policy Council6 filingsthrough 2023
Andrew HarkerThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: House Agriculture Committee Intern6 filingsthrough 2022
Covered positions · 30 of 48 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
