23 filings from 4 registrants · 2008–2014 · latest filed Jan 20, 2015
Reported on its behalf
$2.4M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$2.4M
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: praxair-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.
MMM
11 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
10 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
9 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
8 filings
$160K on those filings
Chemicals/Chemical Industry
CHM
3 filings
$50K on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
2 filings
$280K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
2 filings
$240K 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.
112th Congress
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
4 filingsthrough 2012
S. 2374112th CongressHelium Stewardship Act of 20123 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2227112th CongressMedical Gas Safety Act2 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 3200111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
S. 882111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 6049110th CongressEnergy Improvement and Extension Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 6063110th CongressNational Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 6316110th CongressClimate MATTERS Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 6331110th CongressMedicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 3208110th CongressCarbon Reduction Technology Bridge Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 3270110th CongressNational Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 3335110th CongressJobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2344112th CongressA bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until December 31, 2012.1 filingthrough 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.
Kathryn H LehmanHolland & Knight LLP16 filingsthrough 2012
John BuscherHolland & Knight LLP14 filingsthrough 2012
Joel RobersonHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: 5/05-8/05, Law Clerk, House Judiciary Comm.11 filingsthrough 2012
David Harry MannHolland & Knight LLP11 filingsthrough 2012
Kathleen M NillesHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: 12/90-1/95 Tax Cnsl., H. Ways & Means Comm.11 filingsthrough 2011
Robert Hunt BradnerHolland & Knight LLP8 filingsthrough 2010
Donn SalvosaDs2 Group, LLCCovered position: 94; Staff Asst., Congressman Cliff Stearns95-2000; Staff Aide & Leg Clerk, House Energy and Commerce5 filingsthrough 2013
Paolo MastrangeloHolland & Knight LLP5 filingsthrough 2012
Samuel WhitehornSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee ; ; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee ; ; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee4 filingsthrough 2014
Colin T. HayesSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Sr. Prof. Staff, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee4 filingsthrough 2014
Michael M GabaHolland & Knight LLP4 filingsthrough 2009
Jeff MarkeySignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: L.D./Deputy COS, Representative Doc Hastings ; ; Legislative Director, Representative Jack Metcalf ; ; Graduate Fellow, US Department of State ; ; Intern, Senator John Seymour3 filingsthrough 2014
Kathleen FrangioneSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; ; Prof. Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senator John Kerry3 filingsthrough 2014
ROBERT SPARKS HIGHSMITH jrHolland & Knight LLP3 filingsthrough 2008
Robert William ChamberlinSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee ; ; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee ; ; Asst Counsel, House Transp. and Infrastructure Committee2 filingsthrough 2014
Charles CooperSignal Group Consulting, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Putnam ; ; Policy Director, House Republican Conference ; ; Staff Director, Republican Policy Committee ; ; Legislative Director, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart ; ; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Felix Grucci ; ; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Jon Kyl ; ; Staff Assistant, Senator Connie Mack2 filingsthrough 2014
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jrC2 Group, LLC2 filingsthrough 2013
