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.
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
5 filings
$300K on those filings
Sports/Athletics
SPO
2 filings
$120K on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Michael SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.3 filingsthrough 2026
Michael Alexander WilliamsForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Lucy McBath (2021-2022); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Lucy McBath (2019-2020); Legislative Aide, Sen. Doug Jones (2019); Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Doug Jones (2018-2019).3 filingsthrough 2026
Jimmy PeacockCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hinson), Special Assistant (U.S. Senator Marco Rubio)3 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary WilliamsForbes-Tate
The filings
Every filing on record. Each row links to its full disclosure.
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: office-of-the-commissioner-of-baseball-d-b-a-major-league-baseball.
fees reported
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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.
2 filings
$120K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
1 filing
$60K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
1 filing
$60K on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
1 filing
$60K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
1 filing
$60K 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.
3 filings
through 2025
Jeffrey ForbesForbes-Tate3 filingsthrough 2025
Franklyn E. SteinbergForbes-Tate3 filingsthrough 2025
Rick MurphyForbes-TateCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (2014-2017).3 filingsthrough 2025
Cynthia BrownForbes-TateCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind (2003-2009).3 filingsthrough 2025
Jerry DriscollForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Max Baucus (2001-2004)2 filingsthrough 2026
David PlanningCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Floor Dir, House Maj Whip; Staff Dir, House Smll Biz Cmte; Spec. Asst to Pres/Leg Affairs, Exec Office of Pres; Dep. Dir Coalitions& Mmbr Services, House Financial Cmte; Floor Asst, House Maj Whip; Spec. Asst, House Chf Dep. Whip; Staff Asst,Speaker2 filingsthrough 2026
Michael AltesCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.2 filingsthrough 2026
Matthew HinchCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Correspondent, Director in House Member Office (Latham)1 filingthrough 2026
Daniel SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Deputy Counsel, Counsel and Chief Counsel to U.S. Sen. Cory A. Booker, Chief Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism; COS, U.S. Senator Helmy1 filingthrough 2026
Christopher HodgsonCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence)1 filingthrough 2025
Samantha McleanForbes-TateCovered position: Senior LA, Senator Cruz (2018-2023); LA, Senator Cruz (2016-2018); Leg Aid, Senator Cruz (2013-2016); Assistant to the CoS and LD, Senator Cruz (2013-2013); SA, Senator DeMint (2012-2012).1 filingthrough 2025
Keith SternCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Sr Advsr, House Dem Whip Katherine Clark; Dir of Floor Ops, House Spkr Pelosi; Dir of Floor Ops, House Dem Leader Pelosi; COS Rep James P. McGovern/House Rules Comm (shared); Rules Assoc, Rep James P. McGovern/House Rules Comm (shared)1 filingthrough 2025
Dabney HeggCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Clerk, Sen Approps Cmte; Prof Staff, Sen Approps Cmte; Sr Prof Staff,SenateCmte on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Prof Staff, SenateCmte onCommerce, Science, and Transportation; Leg Asst(Hollings);StaffAsst(Hollings); Intern(Hollings)1 filingthrough 2025
Tori SmithForbes-TateCovered position: Policy Advisor, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (2023-2025)1 filingthrough 2025
Covered positions · 14 of 19 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
