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.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
116 filings
$17.4M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
86 filings
$15.5M on those filings
Homeland Security
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 203 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1290118th CongressTo amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1623118th CongressTo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to exclude certain propane storage facilities from certain chemical security standards under the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2024
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-propane-gas-association.
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
67 filings
$13.7M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
56 filings
$11.3M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
53 filings
$6.2M on those filings
Defense
DEF
33 filings
$3.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
29 filings
$6.4M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
25 filings
$3.3M on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
20 filings
$3.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
17 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
12 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Housing
HOU
8 filings
$1.9M 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.
H.R. 787113th CongressInfrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act9 filingsthrough 2014
S. 488113th CongressAdvanced Vehicle Technology Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
S. 656113th CongressNGEAR Act9 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.
Sarah ArenaNational Propane Gas Association
29 filingsthrough 2022
Peter FerrellNational Propane Gas Association23 filingsthrough 2019
Lawrence WillcoxCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel, Rep. Sam Johnson22 filingsthrough 2018
Joseph MikrutCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: JCT: Associate Deputy Chief of Staff22 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffrey Michael PetrashNational Propane Gas Association21 filingsthrough 2017
Mike TroopNational Propane Gas Association17 filingsthrough 2012
Kate GazianoNational Propane Gas Association16 filingsthrough 2026
Benjamin NussdorfNational Propane Gas Association16 filingsthrough 2026
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. Rep. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres16 filingsthrough 2026
Trevor W. KolegoThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon15 filingsthrough 2026
JACK S DEUSER jrThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning14 filingsthrough 2025
Brian CaudillNational Propane Gas Association14 filingsthrough 2012
Tyler LawrenceNational Propane Gas Association13 filingsthrough 2022
Matthew David BiseniusNational Propane Gas Association13 filingsthrough 2017
Jacob L. TrioloCapitol Tax Partners, LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Rep. Todd Young; Staff Member, Sen. Small Business Comm.; Staff Asst/Legislative Corresp., Sen. Gordon Smith.11 filingsthrough 2018
CHESTER TRENT LOTT srBreaux Lott Leadership GroupCovered position: US Senator (19 yrs), US Representative (1 yr)8 filingsthrough 2012
Michael A. GaffinThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed. and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Assist, Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy7 filingsthrough 2024
David Stratton EdwardsCapitol Hill Consulting GroupCovered position: Staff Assistant for Rep. John Sullivan Nov. 2003 - Aug. 2006. Legislative Counsel for Rep. Tom Cole Aug. 2010 - Mar. 20157 filingsthrough 2020
Covered positions · 20 of 45 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
