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.
H.R. 998113th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses are section 1231 assets to 12 months.14 filingsthrough 2014
Greg MeansAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Dennis Eckart55 filingsthrough 2022
Thomas A DavisDavis & Harman LLP37 filingsthrough 2019
Lauren BazelAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Senior Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kerry; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. William Cowan35 filingsthrough 2022
Barbara A. PateDavis & Harman LLP33 filingsthrough 2019
The filings
The 20 most recent of 178 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-thoroughbred-racing-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.
GAM
100 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Animals
ANI
76 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
18 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
13 filings
$610K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
9 filings
$590K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
4 filings
$160K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
3 filings
$240K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
1 filing
$10K 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.
115th Congress
Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2017
12 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1805115th CongressEquine Tax Parity Act of 201712 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2012113th CongressHorseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2282113th CongressInternet Gambling Regulation, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection Act of 20137 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.
BOB R BROOKS jrAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery & Rep. Jay Dickey
33 filingsthrough 2017
Gordon Hunter BatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99.23 filingsthrough 2025
Tyson RedpathThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Boehner16 filingsthrough 2026
Samantha BuchalterThe Russell Group, Inc.14 filingsthrough 2026
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,Rep Dave Camp, Intern14 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin YoderVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Intern, Rep. Jerry Moran; Special Asst, Office of Counternarcotics, U.S. Dept of Defense12 filingsthrough 2026
Jordan BonfittoNational Thoroughbred Racing AssociationCovered position: Director of External and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Policy Advisor, White House11 filingsthrough 2024
ROBERT ENOCH HOBART ivVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Zach Wamp; Legislative Director, Rep. Rick Hill; Legislative Aide, Rep. Barbara F. Vucanovich10 filingsthrough 2026
Hamilton BloomVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Minority Staff Director/Clerk, Majority Staff Director/Clerk, Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Richard Shelby10 filingsthrough 2026
Randall RussellThe Russell Group, Inc.10 filingsthrough 2024
Christopher Armstrong TreanorAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Pol Analyst, Energy & Env, H Energy & Commerce Comm6 filingsthrough 2022
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 10.5 filingsthrough 2022
John A MoranJones Walker, LLPCovered position: Former FMC Commissioner5 filingsthrough 2008
Arnold I HavensJones Walker, LLPCovered position: Former General Counsel, Dept. of Treasury5 filingsthrough 2008
Will BrewsterVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Senator Richard Shelby4 filingsthrough 2026
Barbara AngusThe Washington Tax & Public Policy Group4 filingsthrough 2008
Gregory NickersonThe Washington Tax & Public Policy Group4 filingsthrough 2008
Jordan BonfittoInvariant LLCCovered position: USDA: Sr Advisor to the Secretary & CoS for Marketing & Regulatory Program (25); Dir of External and Intergovernmental Affairs (20-21). Ag Policy Adv, Natl Econ Council, White House (19-20); Associate Dir of Ext and Intergov Affairs, USDA (18-19)3 filingsthrough 2026
David NatonskiVenture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff: Rep. Greg Murphy, Rep. Denver Riggleman, Rep. Kevin Yoder, Rep. Trey Radel; Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications Director: Rep. Aaron Schock; Press Secretary, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent: Rep. Christopher Shays3 filingsthrough 2024
Lauren Soltani RubinAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Legislative Director and Counsel, Rep. Suzan DelBene, January 2015-January 2019.2 filingsthrough 2026
Edward BarronThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Senate Agric. Comm. - Deputy Chief Counsel/Chief of Staff ; ; Senate Envir. and Public Works Comm. - Deputy Chief of Staff ; ; Senate Judiciary Committee - Deputy Chief Counsel2 filingsthrough 2010
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, 1997-04.1 filingthrough 2019
Andrew W ShoyerSidley Austin LLPCovered position: N/A1 filingthrough 2008
Covered positions · 21 of 27 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
