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.
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
John ThuneR-South Dakota
Bills: S. 1144, S. 130, S. 1409 +8 more
216 filings
4 lobbyists
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this client's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
Paul BoyleNews Media AllianceCovered position: N/A56 filingsthrough 2021
Eric RosenInvariant LLCCovered position: Asst US Atty, N. Dist of CA, Dept of Justice (2006-2007) Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Comm (2001-2006); Leg. Dir, Rep. Anthony Weiner (1999-2001); Dep Dir, Dept of Justice Office of Intergovt Affair (1997-1999); Leg. Asst, Rep. Chet Atkins (1992-1993)55 filingsthrough 2026
Heather PodestaInvariant LLCCovered position: Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
The filings
The 20 most recent of 243 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: news-media-alliance.
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.
LBR
106 filings
$21.9M on those filings
Postal
POS
80 filings
$24.6M on those filings
Constitution
CON
69 filings
$27.2M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
61 filings
$17.6M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
59 filings
$13.2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
58 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
56 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
41 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
35 filings
$10.7M on those filings
Advertising
ADV
29 filings
$10.8M 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.
117th Congress
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021
19 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1409118th CongressKids Online Safety Act18 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1962113th CongressFree Flow of Information Act of 201315 filingsthrough 2014
S. 987113th CongressFree Flow of Information Act of 201315 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2074118th CongressPRESS Act14 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 4756118th CongressCommunity News and Small Business Support Act13 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2054116th CongressJournalism Competition and Preservation Act of 201913 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1700116th CongressJournalism Competition and Preservation Act of 201913 filingsthrough 2020
S. 448111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1994116th CongressSetting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 201911 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 985111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2304114th CongressSPEAK FREE Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1319117th CongressAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
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.
53 filings
through 2023
Danielle CoffeyNews Media Alliance47 filingsthrough 2026
Susan HirschmannWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: COS, Rep. Van Hilleary and Majority Whip Tom DeLay39 filingsthrough 2026
Matthew B HoekstraWilliams and Jensen, PLLC39 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher E. WilcoxWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings32 filingsthrough 2026
Karina LynchWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Staff, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Staff, Senate Committee on Government Affairs, Senate Committees on Aging and Gov Affairs30 filingsthrough 2024
Christopher W HatcherWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Sch. C, Treasury; Associate Staff, House Rules Committee; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis29 filingsthrough 2026
David ChavernNews Media Alliance29 filingsthrough 2022
Stephen BaileyInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad24 filingsthrough 2018
Katherene MasonNews Media AllianceCovered position: N/A24 filingsthrough 2014
Sophia CopeNews Media AllianceCovered position: N/A23 filingsthrough 2014
Laura M SimmonsWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security20 filingsthrough 2026
Amy SwongerInvariant LLCCovered position: Asst for Leg Aff, Pres. Trump 2020-2021; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, Pres. Trump 2017-2020; Whip Liaison, Sen. Trent Lott 2007-2008; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, VP Cheney 2004-2006; Fl Asst, Sen. Mitch McConnell 2003-2004; Leg. Asst, Sen. Trent Lott 2001-200220 filingsthrough 2026
Kurt WimmerCovington & Burling LLP20 filingsthrough 2014
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging, Sr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson, Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen19 filingsthrough 2026
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs19 filingsthrough 2026
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House19 filingsthrough 2026
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Pickering, Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering19 filingsthrough 2026
Anthony J RodaWilliams and Jensen, PLLC18 filingsthrough 2022
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Asst., Sen. McConnell, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Aide, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Appropriations Coordinator, Sen. McConnell, Sr. Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Chief of Staff, Sen. McCo17 filingsthrough 2025
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence15 filingsthrough 2025
Eric ZulkoskyFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole15 filingsthrough 2025
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham, Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor13 filingsthrough 2024
Caroline H LittleNews Media Alliance13 filingsthrough 2014
John F SturmNews Media AllianceCovered position: N/A13 filingsthrough 2011
Neil QuinterNews Media AllianceCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senator Dianne Feinstein12 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 52 of 73 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
