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.
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
355 filings
$111.3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
111 filings
$44.1M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 138 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 848111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.40 filingsthrough 2010
S. 379111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.38 filingsthrough 2010
S.Con.Res. 14111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.32 filingsthrough 2010
H.Con.Res. 49111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.30 filings
Members whose bills were lobbied
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
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: recording-industry-association-of-america.
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
99 filings
$58.7M on those filings
Arts/Entertainment
ART
76 filings
$11.9M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
52 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
33 filings
$11.4M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
32 filings
$9.4M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
14 filings
$410K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
12 filings
$12.6M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
9 filings
$12.1M on those filings
Small Business
SMB
9 filings
$450K on those filings
Unemployment
UNM
7 filings
$8.2M 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.
through 2010
H.R. 4789110th CongressPerformance Rights Act25 filingsthrough 2008
H.Con.Res. 244110th CongressSupporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.20 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2500110th CongressPerformance Rights Act20 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1319111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.17 filingsthrough 2010
H.Con.Res. 13115th CongressSupporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.14 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1836115th CongressFair Play Fair Pay Act of 201714 filingsthrough 2018
S.Con.Res. 6115th CongressA concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.14 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4098111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.14 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4791110th CongressFederal Agency Data Protection Act14 filingsthrough 2008
S. 3027111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.13 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.
Jim HagedornR-Minnesota-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 33
1 filing
1 lobbyist
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this client's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
70 filings
through 2024
Joel JohnsonFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Communications69 filingsthrough 2026
Susan BrophyFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Affairs69 filingsthrough 2026
Brian Steven GastonFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Leadership Advisor, Rep. Roy Blunt61 filingsthrough 2026
Morna WillensRecording Industry Association of America57 filingsthrough 2026
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson ; ; Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen48 filingsthrough 2026
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs48 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 House48 filingsthrough 2026
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering ; ; Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering48 filingsthrough 2026
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Correspondent, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Aide, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Appropriations Coordinator, Senator McConnell ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell46 filingsthrough 2025
Jared WeaverAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Anna Eshoo45 filingsthrough 2021
Cary ShermanRecording Industry Association of America45 filingsthrough 2018
Steven MarksRecording Industry Association of America45 filingsthrough 2018
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence43 filingsthrough 2025
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor42 filingsthrough 2024
George Edward YorkRecording Industry Association of America41 filingsthrough 2026
Kyle NevinsHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-0638 filingsthrough 2023
Steve StombresHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip 08-09; Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief DeputyMajorityWhip04-07; Chief of Staff, Congressman Eric Cantor 01-0338 filingsthrough 2023
Manny RossmanHarbinger Strategies, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen. Trent Lott 05-06; Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Crane 03-04; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Phil Crane 01-02.38 filingsthrough 2023
Jessica Stoll RichardRecording Industry Association of America37 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas J CleesRecording Industry Association of America34 filingsthrough 2026
Eric ZulkoskyFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole34 filingsthrough 2025
Curtis PhilipAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith/Professional Staff member, House Science Cmte; Legislative Director, Rep. Louie Gohmert; Legislative Counsel, Rep. Bill Cassidy; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Chuck Grassley33 filingsthrough 2026
Barry BrownAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Burgess & Rep. Kay Granger; Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady31 filingsthrough 2020
