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.
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: ncta-the-internet-television-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.
TAX
99 filings
$201.4M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
48 filings
$146.4M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
39 filings
$80M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
33 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
15 filings
$620K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
11 filings
$545K on those filings
Education
EDU
10 filings
$42.9M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
10 filings
$41.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
9 filings
$42.9M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
5 filings
$250K 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.
118th Congress
Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2023
17 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1343112th CongressTo return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.17 filingsthrough 2012
H.J.Res. 37112th CongressDisapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.14 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 235114th CongressPermanent Internet Tax Freedom Act13 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 624113th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act12 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 983113th CongressOnline Communications and Geolocation Protection Act12 filingsthrough 2014
S.J.Res. 6112th CongressA joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.12 filingsthrough 2012
H.J.Res. 129115th CongressProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Restoring Internet Freedom".11 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 654112th CongressDo Not Track Me Online Act11 filingsthrough 2012
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.
Paul UngerPaul Unger PLLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Cong. Bob Smith (OR); Staff Director House Agriculture Committee; Counsel, Sen. Gordon Smith; Counsel, Sen. Conrad Burns; Counsel/Legislative Director Sen. George Allen42 filingsthrough 2020
Paul BrathwaiteFederal Street Strategies, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, Department of Labor; Chief of Staff, ESA, Department of Labor; Special Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor.37 filingsthrough 2026
Rita Mae LewisNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: DirCngAff,DptEd;Schdlr,EconDvlpmntDir,Daschle37 filingsthrough 2018
Sonya Lynn WendellNcta - the Internet & Television Association35 filingsthrough 2019
Justin RzepkaNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: SrRsrchNRSCLegAidEnsignRsrchAsUSCESRC34 filingsthrough 2018
Jonathan MantzBgr Government AffairsCovered position: N/A32 filingsthrough 2026
Justin RzepkaBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Leg. Aide Sen. Ensign32 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, 1997-0432 filingsthrough 2024
Wanda Elizabeth TownsendNcta - the Internet & Television Association32 filingsthrough 2016
Lane LoftonNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: LA and Staff Asst. to Rep. Bobby Bright31 filingsthrough 2018
Dianne SmithNcta - the Internet & Television Association30 filingsthrough 2017
James HoutonNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: Legislative Aide - Senator John Kerry and Associate Director - United States Senate Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee29 filingsthrough 2026
Mark WilliamsFerox StrategiesCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Conaway // Chief of Staff, Rep. Todd Rokita // Dep. Chief of Staff/Leg. Director, Rep. Sam Johnson28 filingsthrough 2026
Daphna PeledNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: LegCnsl&LD,Cong.Stupak;LegCnsl,Sen.Dorgan28 filingsthrough 2016
Brooke DonilonNcta - the Internet & Television AssociationCovered position: Legislative Assistant-Congressman Cliff Stearns; Legislative Counsel, Deputy Chief of Staff-Senator Ron Johnson; Deputy Chief Counsel, Chief Counsel-Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs27 filingsthrough 2025
Andrew WinerStrategies 360Covered position: Chief of Staff - Sen. Brian Schatz26 filingsthrough 2025
Andrew J LewinBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Leg Asst/Dir., Rep. Dennis Moore; Leg Asst/Dir., Rep. Max Sandlin; Intern, House Min. Leader Richard Gephardt26 filingsthrough 2024
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 0025 filingsthrough 2024
Erskine W WellsBgr Government AffairsCovered position: Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran25 filingsthrough 2024
David Joseph LeiterPlurus Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Wendell Ford; Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kerry; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy25 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 88 of 121 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
