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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Computer Industry
CPI
49 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
49 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 20 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1560114th CongressTo improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes.9 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 555114th CongressFederal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
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. Metzenbaum55 filingsthrough 2024
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett55 filingsthrough 2024
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference55 filingsthrough 2024
David Castagnetti
The filings
The 20 most recent of 49 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: rapid7-inc.
12 filings
$600K 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.
114th Congress
Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
9 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1163113th CongressFederal Information Security Amendments Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 756113th CongressCybersecurity Enhancement Act of 20139 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 624113th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act7 filingsthrough 2014
S. 3600117th CongressStrengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 20226 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2452113th CongressWomen's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 20136 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1196113th CongressAaron's Law Act of 20136 filingsthrough 2014
S. 456114th CongressCyber Threat Sharing Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2015
S. 754114th CongressAn act to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes.5 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 8152117th CongressAmerican Data Privacy and Protection Act4 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 234114th CongressCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act4 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 3696113th CongressNational Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 20144 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep ; ; Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey
42 filingsthrough 2021
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 Shuster39 filingsthrough 2024
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole35 filingsthrough 2024
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter30 filingsthrough 2019
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader First; Staff Dir, ; ; Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; 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. Boschwitz25 filingsthrough 2022
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill24 filingsthrough 2024
Stephen M. CoteMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)16 filingsthrough 2024
Steve HaroMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra16 filingsthrough 2022
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln16 filingsthrough 2015
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)15 filingsthrough 2024
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.14 filingsthrough 2022
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.14 filingsthrough 2022
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 Udall14 filingsthrough 2018
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
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 Brown11 filingsthrough 2014
Susan ZookMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Intern, Rep. Bill Shuster10 filingsthrough 2015
Stacey RampyMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer10 filingsthrough 2014
Lisa GoldmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce); Counsel House Comm on E&C7 filingsthrough 2024
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)5 filingsthrough 2024
Cynthia BrownMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind ; ; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Stupak3 filingsthrough 2012
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh1 filingthrough 2014
Covered positions · 23 of 28 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
