67 filings from 3 registrants · 2008–2022 · latest filed Nov 27, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$1.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$940K
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$865K
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.
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: optical-society-of-america.
$300K
fees reported
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Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee paid to an outside firm. See the full list.
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.
MED
13 filings
$465K on those filings
Education
EDU
13 filings
$410K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
8 filings
$220K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
8 filings
$210K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
7 filings
$150K on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
6 filings
$220K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
6 filings
$190K on those filings
Media (information/publishing)
MIA
5 filings
$170K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$120K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
2 filings
$40K 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.
115th Congress
Working Together to End Homelessness Act of 2018
5 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2837115th CongressPreventing Drug Diversion Act of 20185 filingsthrough 2018
S. 3143115th CongressNational Quantum Initiative Act4 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1960113th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20144 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3630113th CongressCure for AIDS Act of 20134 filingsthrough 2013
H.R. 4186113th CongressFIRST Act of 20144 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1197113th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20144 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1468113th CongressRevitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 20144 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3630112th CongressMiddle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2960116th CongressMaking appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 2968116th CongressMaking appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 3055116th CongressFurther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 20193 filingsthrough 2019
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.
Thomas RyanRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP
19 filingsthrough 2013
Joseph V VasapoliRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE19 filingsthrough 2013
Matthew BerzokRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch19 filingsthrough 2013
Jeff MackinnonRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)19 filingsthrough 2013
Laura KoltonOptical Society of America15 filingsthrough 2018
Dana ThompsonPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: LD/Chf. Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters // L. Cnsl/C. Cnsl/Dpty COS/COS, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee5 filingsthrough 2017
William D PhillipsRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP5 filingsthrough 2008
Rodney HoppeRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Deputy Press Secretary, Energy and Commerce5 filingsthrough 2008
Douglas R NappiRyan Mackinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLPCovered position: Chief Counsel, Senate Banking Committee5 filingsthrough 2008
Elizabeth Ann MorraPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Comm. Director, House Appropriations Cmte.4 filingsthrough 2017
Elizabeth SagePodesta Group, Inc.4 filingsthrough 2017
Andrew KaudersPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Adv'r/Exec. Dir., House Democratic Caucus // Sr. Adv'r/Comm. Dir., Rep. Robert Menendez // Spksperson/Asst. to D. Sec'y, Dept. of Agriculture // Dpty. Comm. Dir., WH Climate Chg Task Force // Special Assistant, Environ. Protection Agency3 filingsthrough 2017
David MarinPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Press Sec'y/Leg. Director, Rep. Tom Davis3 filingsthrough 2016
Oscar RamirezPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Special Asst. to the Secretary, Dept. of Labor ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Hilda Solis ; ; Leg. Director/Deputy CoS, Rep. Al Green ; ; Leg. Asst./Asst. LD/LD, Rep. Joe Baca3 filingsthrough 2016
Riley MoorePodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Intern/Dpty Clk/Prof Staff, H Cmte For. Affairs // Del. Scty, US Del to NATO Parl. Assembly3 filingsthrough 2016
Anna Katherine WeinsteinPodesta Group, Inc.1 filingthrough 2016
Israel S KleinPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Staff Director/Communications, Joint Economic Committee / Press Secretary/Legislative Asst./Sr. Communications Adviser, Rep. Ed Markey / Communications Director, Sen. Charles Schumer1 filingthrough 2015
David AdamsPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Asst Secy for Legislative Affairs, Dept. of State / Dpty. Asst Secy for House Affairs, Dept. of State / SD, H. For. Aff. Cmte./Sub. on M. East & S. Asia / Prof. Staff, H. Foreign Affairs Cmte.1 filingthrough 2015
