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: novartis.
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.
BUD
131 filings
$113.8M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
127 filings
$113.6M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
115 filings
$98.9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
82 filings
$94.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
23 filings
$39.8M on those filings
Veterans
VET
21 filings
$20.1M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
17 filings
$960K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
15 filings
$22.9M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
12 filings
$15.6M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
11 filings
$620K 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
Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act
26 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2041114th CongressPromoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 201515 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1492119th CongressTo amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program.13 filingsthrough 2026
S. 832119th CongressEPIC Act of 202513 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 1908110th CongressPatent Reform Act of 200713 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5378118th CongressLower Costs, More Transparency Act12 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.12 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1427111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1548111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.11 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1319117th CongressAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 202110 filingsthrough 2022
S. 469115th CongressAffordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 351114th CongressLNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act10 filingsthrough 2016
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.
48 filingsthrough 2026
Kimberly EllisMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady; Deputy Executive Sec ; ; and Confidential Asst, Office of U.S. Trade Representative48 filingsthrough 2026
Daniel CasserlyNovartis48 filingsthrough 2020
Joseph McgowanNovartis42 filingsthrough 2026
David Thomson MohlerEast End Group, LLC40 filingsthrough 2022
Kelly Childress LangeEast End Group, LLCCovered position: Rep. Mike Rogers, LA; Rep. John Shimkus, LA.40 filingsthrough 2022
Andrew HowellMonument Advocacy39 filingsthrough 2024
Thomas Allen HawksMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Nutrition, and Forestry ; ; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, ; ; Dep Legislative Director, Legislative Aide, Sen Thad Cochran39 filingsthrough 2024
Kathryn Christensen MillsMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, ; ; Acting Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, ; ; Deputy Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, ; ; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ; ; Senior Legislative Counsel, Rep. Zoe Lofgren ; ; Legal Aide, Office of Commissioner Danny L. McDonald, ; ; Federal Election Commission39 filingsthrough 2024
E. Ashley HoyMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Director of Coalitions, Senate Republican Conference Office ; ; of the Vice Chairman; Director of Coalitions, Office of the ; ; Minority Whip; Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, ; ; Legislative Correspondent, and Administrative Assistant ; ; Rep. Sue Myrick39 filingsthrough 2024
John MulliganMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director and Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam ; ; Smith39 filingsthrough 2024
CHARLES STEWART VERDERY jrMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Consultant ; ; Department of Homeland Security; General Counsel, Assistant ; ; Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles; Counsel, Senate ; ; Committee on the Judiciary; Legislative Counsel, Senate ; ; Committee on Rules and Administration; Legislative Counsel, ; ; Senator John Warner; Outside Consultant, House Committee on ; ; Oversight; Lead Staffer Sen. Republican High Tech Task Force39 filingsthrough 2024
Zachary PfisterBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: LegDir Rep Larry Kissell; SenLegAsst Rep Larry Kissell; LegAsst Rep Larry Kissell; LegCorrespondent Rep Larry Kissell; LegCorrespondent Rep Brad Ellsworth; StaffAsst Rep Brad Ellsworth; LegIntern Sen Evan Bayh38 filingsthrough 2026
Michael Paul WoodyEast End Group, LLCCovered position: Senate HELP Committee; Sen. Tom Harkin, LA; Rep. Marion Berry, LA.38 filingsthrough 2022
Taylor BoothNovartis37 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew HawkinsEast End Group, LLCCovered position: Rep. Mike Rogers, Chief of Staff, LD, LA.37 filingsthrough 2022
Shawn O'NeailNovartis33 filingsthrough 2019
Emily FelderBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Director of the Office of Legislation, CMS; Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee; Counsel, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs; Counsel, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee32 filingsthrough 2026
Amy SoudersCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.24 filingsthrough 2014
Mark MioduskiCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Prof Staff;House Approps Cmte (Obey)24 filingsthrough 2014
Marc LampkinBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Policy Dir Senate Republican Conf Sectys office, General Counsel House Republican Conference, Staff/Counsel House Education and Labor Comm23 filingsthrough 2023
Brian WildBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Senior Advisor-Office of Speaker John Boehner; Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs- VP Cheney; Chief of Staff-Rep. Pat Toomey; Legislative Assistant- Sen. Hank Brown23 filingsthrough 2023
Nora ConnorsNovartis23 filingsthrough 2023
Shelly Mui-LipnikNovartis22 filingsthrough 2022
Covered positions · 70 of 140 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
