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
154 filings
$7.6M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
87 filings
$6.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 467 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.Con.Res. 8113th CongressExpressing the opposition of Congress to Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.10 filingsthrough 2014
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: peabody-energy.
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
74 filings
$5.8M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
70 filings
$5.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
45 filings
$4.8M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
19 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Utilities
UTI
14 filings
$285K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
14 filings
$285K on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
5 filings
$880K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$215K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
3 filings
$70K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
1 filing
$90K 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.
113th Congress
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.
10 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 691113th CongressWorker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
S. 222113th CongressA bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs.10 filingsthrough 2014
S. 332113th CongressClimate Protection Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
S.Con.Res. 4113th CongressA concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax is not in the economic interest of the United States.10 filingsthrough 2014
H.Con.Res. 24113th CongressExpressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.9 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1373113th CongressRobert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2218113th CongressCoal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2627113th CongressCaring for Coal Miners Act9 filingsthrough 2014
S. 805113th CongressRobert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1613115th CongressHELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
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.
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Covered position: U.S. Senator
22 filingsthrough 2014
Robert MangasDickstein Shapiro LLP22 filingsthrough 2014
K Laurie MckayDickstein Shapiro LLP22 filingsthrough 2014
Albert WynnGreenberg Traurig, LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman (92-08)21 filingsthrough 2020
K Laurie MckayGreenberg Traurig, LLP20 filingsthrough 2019
John HancockJohn HancockCovered position: President17 filingsthrough 2012
Norman Hunter JohnstonSteptoe LLP16 filingsthrough 2021
Albert WynnDickstein Shapiro LLPCovered position: U.S. Congressman16 filingsthrough 2014
Jane E DuekerStinson Morrison Hecker LLPCovered position: N/A16 filingsthrough 2012
Richard F HohltRichard F. Hohlt16 filingsthrough 2012
Chris GiblinOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. John Carter; Legislative Director, Rep. Charlie Norwood15 filingsthrough 2026
Moses MercadoOgrCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt15 filingsthrough 2026
Conrad LassOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff/ Special Assistant, U.S. Bureau of Land Management15 filingsthrough 2026
Jason BentleyMML&K Government Solutions14 filingsthrough 2012
Max SandlinMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress13 filingsthrough 2012
Tucker ShumackOgrCovered position: Tax & Finance Counsel, Sen. Small Business Committee/ Sen. Olympia Snowe; Legislative Asst, Sen. Johnny Isakson/ Rep. Isakson9 filingsthrough 2026
Matt JesseeBryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLPCovered position: N/A9 filingsthrough 2010
Michael McsherryMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: US Dept. of Labor, HUD8 filingsthrough 2012
John ShadeggSteptoe LLPCovered position: Member, House of Represetatives7 filingsthrough 2014
James BarnetteSteptoe LLPCovered position: General Counsel, House Energy & Commerce7 filingsthrough 2014
Chet ThompsonCrowell & Moring LLPCovered position: Deputy General Counsel, EPA7 filingsthrough 2011
