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.
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
50 filings
$4.1M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
50 filings
$3.6M on those filings
Agriculture
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 79 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1599114th CongressSafe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 201515 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4173111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2609114th CongressAn original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes.
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: pepsico.
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.
AGR
46 filings
$3M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
21 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
21 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
17 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
15 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
12 filings
$860K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
11 filings
$820K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
8 filings
$530K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
2 filings
$120K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
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.
7 filingsthrough 2016
S. 954113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20137 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1260111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
S. 515111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.7 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1908110th CongressPatent Reform Act of 20077 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2419110th CongressFood, Conservation, and Energy Act of 20087 filingsthrough 2008
S. 1145110th CongressPatent Reform Act of 20077 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 2642113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20136 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 4432113th CongressSafe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 20146 filingsthrough 2014
S. 3240112th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20126 filingsthrough 2012
S. 3307112th Congress21st Century Investment Act of 20126 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
S. 510111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.6 filingsthrough 2010
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.
Fti Government Affairs
Covered position: Deputy to the Chief of Staff, Senator Rockefeller
25 filingsthrough 2018
Thomas CrawfordFti Government Affairs25 filingsthrough 2018
Scott StylesFti Government AffairsCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Pete Sessions24 filingsthrough 2018
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jrFti Government AffairsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs24 filingsthrough 2018
Jefferies MurrayFti Government AffairsCovered position: Chief of Staff to Congressman Bud Cramer23 filingsthrough 2018
Sudafi HenryThegroup DC, LLCCovered position: ​​Legislative Director for Rep. Major Owens; Legislative Director for Rep. Emanuel Cleaver; Counsel & Sr. Policy Advisor for Rep. Steny Hoyer; Asst. and Dir. of Legislative Affairs for VP Joe Biden22 filingsthrough 2023
Jessica SchulkenThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Clerk and Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies21 filingsthrough 2023
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jrC2 Group, LLC18 filingsthrough 2013
John ClineFti Government Affairs15 filingsthrough 2018
David Patrick RobertsonC2 Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Aide & Leg. Correspondent, Senator Rockefeller13 filingsthrough 2013
Michael HansonC2 Group, LLC13 filingsthrough 2012
Lesley ElliottC2 Group, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Senate12 filingsthrough 2012
Edward BarronThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Senate Envir. and Public Works Comm - Dep. COS12 filingsthrough 2011
Karla ThiemanThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, USDA; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry11 filingsthrough 2021
Samantha BuchalterThe Russell Group, Inc.10 filingsthrough 2023
Kyle CormneyFti Government AffairsCovered position: Legislative Director to Congressman Tom Price, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Tom Price, Senior Policy Advisor to the House Budget Committee.9 filingsthrough 2018
G Hunter BatesC2 Group, LLC9 filingsthrough 2010
Jorge A AguilarThegroup DC, LLCCovered position: Communications Intern, Rep. Grayson; CHCI Public Policy Fellow, Office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid8 filingsthrough 2023
Dwayne BoltonThegroup DC, LLCCovered position: Sr. Advisor, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Dept. of Energy; Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Rogers6 filingsthrough 2022
Andrea SynborskiC2 Group, LLCCovered position: Staff Assist. & Leg. Correspondent to Sen. Gregg5 filingsthrough 2010
William LesherThe Russell Group, Inc.4 filingsthrough 2008
Jackson DunnFti Government Affairs3 filingsthrough 2015
Dorothy BondThe Russell Group, Inc.3 filingsthrough 2014
Covered positions · 20 of 34 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
