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: personal-care-products-council.
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.
TRD
73 filings
$15.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
56 filings
$3M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
38 filings
$6.2M on those filings
Animals
ANI
36 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
21 filings
$5.9M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
19 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
TAR
10 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Education
EDU
7 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
6 filings
$890K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
3 filings
$180K 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.
117th Congress
INFORM Consumers Act
20 filingsthrough 2022
S. 726116th CongressPersonal Care Products Safety Act19 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 5141116th CongressHumane Cosmetics Act of 201917 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 575115th CongressCosmetic Modernization Amendments of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1843117th CongressSHOP SAFE Act of 202115 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2047117th CongressNo PFAS in Cosmetics Act15 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5279116th CongressCosmetic Safety Enhancement Act of 201914 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1834116th CongressDefending Our National Marine Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of 201913 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2886116th CongressHumane Cosmetics Act of 201913 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1014114th CongressPersonal Care Products Safety Act11 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 45118th CongressSmall Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act10 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5399118th CongressHumane Cosmetics Act of 202310 filingsthrough 2024
S. 45118th CongressSmall Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act10 filingsthrough 2024
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.
34 filings
through 2026
Monica PoppMarshall & Popp, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn; Professional Staff Member, U.S. House of Representatives-Energy & Commerce Committee; Legislative Assistant, Senator Jim DeMint31 filingsthrough 2026
Hazen Clay MarshallMarshall & Popp, LLCCovered position: Policy Director-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee-Senator Don Nickles; Deputy Chief of Staff/Economist, Office of Assistant Majority Leader-Senator Don Nickles; Legislative Assistant-Senator Don Nickles31 filingsthrough 2026
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House ; ; Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy ; ; Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res ; ; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, ; ; Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz29 filingsthrough 2018
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC ; ; Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum29 filingsthrough 2018
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett29 filingsthrough 2018
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep ; ; Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey29 filingsthrough 2018
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference29 filingsthrough 2018
Wade AckermanCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Sr. FDA Counsel, US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions24 filingsthrough 2022
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln15 filingsthrough 2015
Francesca MccraryForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Elijah Cummings (2016-2017); Professional Staff, House Oversight Reform Committee (2016-2016)14 filingsthrough 2022
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster14 filingsthrough 2018
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall13 filingsthrough 2018
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner ; ; Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs, VP Cheney ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey ; ; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown13 filingsthrough 2014
Wesley Ryan WelchForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Director - Senator Richard Shelby, 2005-2007; Legislative Assistant - Senator Richard Shelby, 2002-2005; Legislative Correspondent - Senator Richard Shelby, 2002-2002.12 filingsthrough 2022
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist11 filingsthrough 2014
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security11 filingsthrough 2014
Elise BaileyThe Personal Care Products Council10 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 40 of 54 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
