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: renewable-fuels-association.
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.
CAW
87 filings
$19.8M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
67 filings
$17.9M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
53 filings
$15.4M on those filings
Railroads
RRR
45 filings
$14.1M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
38 filings
$7.5M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
20 filings
$6.5M on those filings
Small Business
SMB
12 filings
$3.6M 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.
H.R. 1311115th CongressConsumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act16 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1314115th CongressRenewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act16 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1315115th CongressRFS Reform Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 776115th CongressTo require that until a comprehensive study is completed, the volume of cellulosic biofuel mandated under the renewable fuel program be limited to what is commercially available, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 777115th CongressTo provide for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 21114th CongressTo provide for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 703114th CongressRenewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act16 filingsthrough 2016
S. 577114th CongressCorn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 201516 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 259113th CongressEnergy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act16 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3006116th CongressRenewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 201915 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1840116th CongressA bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.15 filingsthrough 2020
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.
Covered position: Special Assistant to the President and Senate Legislative Affairs Liaison
39 filingsthrough 2026
Samantha Marie SlaterRenewable Fuels AssociationCovered position: Vice President of Government Affairs39 filingsthrough 2018
Allison B. TrexlerJim Massie & Partners, LLCCovered position: Policy Director, House Energy and Commerce and Chairman Ed Whitfield33 filingsthrough 2024
James Dean MassieAlpine Group Partners, LLC.32 filingsthrough 2016
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 93-97 W&M Asst. to Rep. Wally Herger22 filingsthrough 2018
Jared Vermillion MullendoreRenewable Fuels Association21 filingsthrough 2026
Courtney JohnsonAlpine Group Partners, LLC.Covered position: Research Assistant, House Energy and Commerce18 filingsthrough 2013
Elliot HowardJim Massie & Partners, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Chairman Joe Manchin17 filingsthrough 2024
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995) ; ; Chief Tax Counsel Sen. Finance Dem. staff (1997-1999)17 filingsthrough 2014
Charles KnaussBingham Mccutchen LLP10 filingsthrough 2011
Cheri BustosMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: US Senator 2013-20238 filingsthrough 2025
Nicholas BustosMercury Public Affairs, LLC8 filingsthrough 2025
Alexander DominguezJim Massie & Partners, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff Member, Congressman Jim Renacci7 filingsthrough 2024
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 98-02 CoS to Rep. Benjamin Cardin7 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 98-08 Counsel, House Nat. Resources Committee7 filingsthrough 2018
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)6 filingsthrough 2018
Jessica L Johnson BennettAjw, Inc.5 filingsthrough 2026
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)5 filingsthrough 2010
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel Rep. Matsui (1998-2001) ; ; LA Rep. Becerra (1997-1998) ; ; LA Rep. Kleczka (1996-1997) ; ; Leg. Fellow Sen. Lautenberg (1995-1996)5 filingsthrough 2010
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992) ; ; Sr. Asst. to Asst. Secretary of Treasury (1992-1993)5 filingsthrough 2010
Kurt RitterpuschErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2010
Covered positions · 34 of 56 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
