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.
Jennifer B YoungTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance22 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth T MurrayTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham22 filingsthrough 2026
Charlotte Spears IvancicTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Counsel, Sen. Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Maj. Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Cmte.; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner22 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 80 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: novocure-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.
18 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
13 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Insurance
INS
6 filings
$760K on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
6 filings
$760K on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
6 filings
$760K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
6 filings
$760K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
6 filings
$760K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
6 filings
$400K on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
3 filings
$450K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
3 filings
$420K 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
Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2024
S.Con.Res. 14117th CongressA concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.2 filingsthrough 2021
H.R. 1691119th CongressEmployee Business Expense Deduction Reinstatement Act of 20251 filingthrough 2025
S. 5349119th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2025
S. 5349118th CongressEnsuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 20241 filingthrough 2024
H.R. 3117th CongressElijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act1 filingthrough 2021
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.
Pamela SmithTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice; Spec. Counsel, Ofc. of Leg. Affairs, Dept. of Justice; Counsel and LA, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun
22 filingsthrough 2026
Emily H MurryTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority Whip McCarthy; Professional Staff, Republican Study Cmte.; Leg. Aid, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price22 filingsthrough 2026
Katherine MeyerNovocure Inc.Covered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Office of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy; Deputy Health Policy Director, Senate Finance Committee; Health Policy Advisor, Senator Orrin Hatch; Sr. LA, Congressman Erik Paulsen; LA, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry21 filingsthrough 2026
Michael CrossenFoley & Lardner LLP17 filingsthrough 2021
Margaret JosephTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: CoS for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Bobby Bright, CoS for Rep. Jim Matheson, Clerk for House Rules Cmte.16 filingsthrough 2026
Raissa H DownsTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.16 filingsthrough 2024
Kimberly Lynn BrandtTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Sr. Counsel and Dir. External Affairs - HHS OIG; Prin. Dep. Administrator for Policy and Operations and Dir. of Medicare Program Integrity - CMS; Chief Oversight and General Counsel - Senate Cmte. on Finance16 filingsthrough 2024
Michael CrossenRubin and Rudman LLP16 filingsthrough 2017
Zaria SmithNovocure Inc.13 filingsthrough 2026
Elle WhitsonNovocure Inc.Covered position: Covered Official Positions Continued: Health Policy Advisor, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers; Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Assistant, Congressman Ryan Costello8 filingsthrough 2026
Peter FiseTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on Oversight & Government Reform8 filingsthrough 2024
Laura FriedelTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg. Asst., Sen. Zell Miller, Leg. Dir., Sen. Richard Shelby, Clerk, Staff Dir., Sen. Appropriations Committee8 filingsthrough 2024
Michelle P EastonTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin8 filingsthrough 2022
Patricia Louise DeloatcheSidley Austin LLPCovered position: Health Policy Director, Sen. Orrin Hatch; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Bilirakis7 filingsthrough 2015
Susan HirschmannWilliams and Jensen, PLLC4 filingsthrough 2026
Melinda M MaxfieldWilliams and Jensen, PLLC4 filingsthrough 2026
Jeanne HaggertyWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Legislative Correspondent Senator Chuck Grassley and Senate Aging Committee (shared staff), Legislative Aide Senate Finance Committee, Health Policy Coordinator Health Subcommittee Energy and Commerce, Professional Staff Member4 filingsthrough 2026
Robert ButoraWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Representative Leonard Lance, Health Legislative Assistant, Representative Michael Burgess4 filingsthrough 2026
Laura WintersNovocure Inc.4 filingsthrough 2024
Daniel ZieglerWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Executive Director, Republican Study Committee; Legislative Director for Rep Doug Lamborn, Policy Director; Speaker Mike Johnson3 filingsthrough 2026
Joshua David FendrickWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, and Legislative Aide, Sen. Gary C. Peters; Economic Policy Adviser, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Economic Policy Adviser, Sen. Gary C. Peters3 filingsthrough 2026
Parick Braerton CarrollTarplin, Downs & Young, LLCCovered position: Leg Asst. Rep. Ray LaHood, Leg Dir. Rep. Kevin Yoder, PSM Senate Appropriations Cmte.3 filingsthrough 2024
James C. StanselSidley Austin LLPCovered position: N/A3 filingsthrough 2015
Michael E. CapuanoFoley & Lardner LLPCovered position: Member of Congress, 1999-20192 filingsthrough 2021
Laura M SimmonsWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security1 filingthrough 2025
Kurt SchraderWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Former Member of Congress1 filingthrough 2025
Covered positions · 24 of 30 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
