146 filings from 9 registrants · 2009–2020 · latest filed Jan 21, 2021
Reported on its behalf
$24.7M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$20.5M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$4.3M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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.
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
87 filings
$19.4M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
35 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 37 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 2839116th CongressMaking appropriations for Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.6 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2740116th CongressLabor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 20204 filingsthrough 2019
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: noble-energy-inc.
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.
ENV
32 filings
$9.5M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
29 filings
$4.8M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
23 filings
$6.6M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
19 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
16 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
9 filings
$4.3M on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
4 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
3 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
3 filings
$580K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$130K 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.
116th Congress
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020
4 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 7608116th CongressState, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 20213 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 4419113th CongressSage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act3 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2480113th CongressNevada Native Nations Land Act3 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 4173111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5629111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.2 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2766111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3534111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1215111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6201116th CongressFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act1 filingthrough 2020
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.
Robert Bemis
Noble Energy, Inc.
20 filingsthrough 2015
Norma Jane SabistonSabiston Consultants, LLCCovered position: US Senator Mary Landrieu (LA) - Chief of Staff; US Senator Mary Landrieu (LA) - State Director; US Senator John Breaux (LA) - Director of Scheduling19 filingsthrough 2017
Brian MillerNoble Energy, Inc.19 filingsthrough 2017
Michael ShermanVenable LLP16 filingsthrough 2013
Lauren JardellSabiston Consultants, LLCCovered position: US Sen. Mary Landrieu(LA)-Projects Coordinator15 filingsthrough 2016
Kai AndersonCassidy & Associates, Inc.Covered position: Dep. Chief of Staff to Senator Reid14 filingsthrough 2015
James RichardsCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)9 filingsthrough 2020
Eric ToberCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Asst House Mem (Bruce); Sen Project Dir (Johnston)9 filingsthrough 2020
Jackson ColemanArentfox Schiff LLPCovered position: Minority (Republican) Genl. Coun., House Nat. Resources8 filingsthrough 2014
Stephen FlahertyNoble Energy, Inc.8 filingsthrough 2011
Jackson ColemanEnergynorthamerica LLCCovered position: Rep Gen Counsel, House Comm. on Natural Resou6 filingsthrough 2012
Jenny Y KimVenable LLPCovered position: Visiting Counsel, Joint Committee On Taxation4 filingsthrough 2012
Stuart E EizenstatCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001);, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (1997-1999); Under, Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, (1996-1997); U.S. Ambassador to the European, Union (1993-1996).4 filingsthrough 2011
Alan P LarsonCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: See pages 2-34 filingsthrough 2011
Brian D SmithCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: See page 34 filingsthrough 2011
Margaret N StrandVenable LLP3 filingsthrough 2011
David ShufordCovington & Burling LLP3 filingsthrough 2011
Timothy StewartEnergynorthamerica LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, House Comm. on Natural Resource3 filingsthrough 2011
Tiffany M MooreVenable LLPCovered position: Asst. U.S. Trade Rep, Leg. Dir., Off. of Rep. Upton3 filingsthrough 2010
Richard SmithNoble Energy, Inc.2 filingsthrough 2013
Covered positions · 17 of 33 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
