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.
John F McdermidRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)45 filingsthrough 2022
Anne MacmillanInvariant LLCCovered position: Staff Assistant, Representative Bob Matsui; Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Representative Dennis Cardoza; Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Deputy Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture41 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen ZiehmRed Flag Consulting USA(FORMALLY Known as International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc)37 filingsthrough 2021
The filings
The 20 most recent of 282 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: pepsico-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.
AGR
131 filings
$52.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
107 filings
$59.9M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
82 filings
$36.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
82 filings
$36.3M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
36 filings
$18.6M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
33 filings
$34.2M on those filings
Trucking/Shipping
TRU
30 filings
$29.5M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
29 filings
$21.6M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
29 filings
$13.3M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
24 filings
$19.3M 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
No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017
12 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2609115th CongressRecovery COACH Act12 filingsthrough 2018
S. 764115th CongressVeterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 201712 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 8467118th CongressFarm, Food, and National Security Act of 202411 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 3957115th CongressTo repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.11 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2346115th CongressA bill to establish an innovative water infrastructure workforce development program, and for other purposes.11 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4432113th CongressSafe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 201411 filingsthrough 2014
S. 809113th CongressGenetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act11 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.9 filingsthrough 2018
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.9 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2642113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1528112th CongressConsumer Privacy Protection Act of 20119 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2577112th CongressSAFE Data Act9 filingsthrough 2012
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.
Dan ChristensonPepsico, IncCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Chief of Staff, USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; Senior Policy Advisor, USDA Food and Nutrition Services; Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture
36 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah TowlesPepsico, IncCovered position: Legislative Dir., Domestic Policy Adv., Legislative Asst., Sen. Jeff Flake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Jeff Flake; Legislative Asst., Legislative Correspondent, Staff Asst., Rep. Connie Mack.35 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas Allen HawksMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Aide, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran33 filingsthrough 2025
Timothy MartinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Rodney Davis (2015-2017); Sr. Legislative Assistant and General Counsel, Rep. Scott Tipton (2014-2015)23 filingsthrough 2026
Lilia Mcfarland HorderMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Acting Chief of Staff, Departmental Administration, USDA, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary, USDA, Legislative Fellow (Detailed from USDA), Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein, Special Assistant, Office of Congressional Relations23 filingsthrough 2025
Paul BoykasPepsico, Inc22 filingsthrough 2022
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush21 filingsthrough 2015
Joseph B HoeferMonument Advocacy20 filingsthrough 2026
Richard MartinelliPepsico, IncCovered position: Intern, Rep. Engel's office18 filingsthrough 2016
Adam TarrInvariant LLCCovered position: Sr Pro Staff, Sen Cmte on Ag, Nutrition & Forestry 19-22; Leg Asst, Sen Casey 17-19; Sr Advisor, USDA, Off of the Sec 16-17; COS, USDA, Off for Food Safety 14-16; Sen Specter: Leg Asst 09-10, Leg Aide 08-09, Leg Correspondent 07-09, Staff Asst 06-0717 filingsthrough 2026
CHARLES STEWART VERDERY jrMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Assistant Secretary and Consultant, Department of Homeland Security; General Counsel, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles; Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Counsel, Senator John Warner; Lead Staffer, Sen. Republicans High Tech Task Force17 filingsthrough 2022
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging, Sr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson, Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen15 filingsthrough 2026
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs15 filingsthrough 2026
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House15 filingsthrough 2026
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Pickering, Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering15 filingsthrough 2026
Heather PodestaInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui; Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy;
Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley; Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office15 filingsthrough 2022
Muftiah MccartinCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Staff Director, House Rule Committee; Dep Staff Dir, House15 filingsthrough 2016
Brian GriffinThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan15 filingsthrough 2014
Andrew HowellMonument Advocacy14 filingsthrough 2024
William WichtermanCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Special Assistant to Pres. Bush & Dep. Dir. OPL; Policy14 filingsthrough 2016
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Asst., Sen. McConnell, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Aide, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Appropriations Coordinator, Sen. McConnell, Sr. Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Chief of Staff, Sen. McCo13 filingsthrough 2025
Lindley ShererInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief/Staff, Rep. Elise Stefanik (2015-2018); Leg Dir, Rep. Scott Tipton (2013-2014); Leg Dir, Rep. Todd Rokita (2011-2013); Spec Adv, Treas Dept (2007-2008); Spec Asst, Exec Off. of the Pres (2005-2006); Spec Asst, Off. of the VP (2002-2005)13 filingsthrough 2023
Covered positions · 76 of 104 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
