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.
Austen JensenRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: COS/Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant for Rep Patrick McHenry (14-15; 06-10); Deputy COS/Legislative Director for Rep Frank Guinta (11-12); Deputy COS/Legislative Director for Rep Robert Pittenger (13-14)46 filingsthrough 2026
Evan ArmstrongRetail Industry Leaders Association45 filingsthrough 2026
Nicholas AhrensRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: US Department of Commerce: Counsel to the General Counsel (13-14); Special Assistant to the General Counsel (11-13)
The filings
The 20 most recent of 227 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: retail-industry-leaders-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.
LBR
109 filings
$42.9M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
102 filings
$42.9M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
84 filings
$42.1M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
80 filings
$42.1M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
74 filings
$41M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
69 filings
$34.1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
58 filings
$35.6M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
56 filings
$34.9M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
49 filings
$32.9M on those filings
Banking
BAN
28 filings
$14.1M 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.
113th Congress
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
21 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2213116th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the work opportunity credit permanent.17 filingsthrough 2020
S. 978116th CongressWork Opportunity Tax Credit and Jobs Act17 filingsthrough 2020
S. 743113th CongressMarketplace Fairness Act of 201316 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3179112th CongressMarketplace Equity Act of 201115 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2712114th CongressCommonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 201514 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1129113th CongressMobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 201314 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2575113th CongressSave American Workers Act of 201414 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 763113th CongressTo repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.14 filingsthrough 2014
S. 399113th CongressAmerican Job Protection Act14 filingsthrough 2014
S. 603113th CongressJobs and Premium Protection Act14 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.
35 filings
through 2021
Andrew SzenteRetail Industry Leaders Association35 filingsthrough 2015
James JochumJst Strategies LLC (Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC)Covered position: See prior filing33 filingsthrough 2016
Andrew ShoreJst Strategies LLC (Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC)Covered position: See prior filing33 filingsthrough 2016
Christine PollackRetail Industry Leaders Association32 filingsthrough 2017
Kelly D KolbRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: Acting Asst Secretary of Govt Affairs, DOT32 filingsthrough 2016
Joe RinzelRetail Industry Leaders Association30 filingsthrough 2017
Michael HansonRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: House of Representatives: Chief of Staff (Rep. Sam Johnson)27 filingsthrough 2025
Brennan Robert DuckettRetail Industry Leaders Association27 filingsthrough 2021
David KoenigRetail Industry Leaders Association27 filingsthrough 2021
Stephanie LesterRetail Industry Leaders Association27 filingsthrough 2014
Blake HardenRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: House of Representatives: Trade Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means; U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Attorney, CBP Office of Chief Counsel25 filingsthrough 2025
Jennifer M. SafavianRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Cmte on Ways & Means - GC/Staff Director (11-14); Cmte on Energy & Commerce - Counsel (01-03); Cmte on Oversight & Government Reform - Chief Counsel (03-11), Chief Counsel/Staff Director (98-00), Invest. Counsel (97-98)23 filingsthrough 2019
Hun QuachRetail Industry Leaders AssociationCovered position: ASST USTR for Congressional Affairs; International Trade Analyst/Advisor at Senate Finance Committee; Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent for Representative Adam Smith21 filingsthrough 2019
William Kirk BlalockFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House20 filingsthrough 2014
Kate HullFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen20 filingsthrough 2014
Michael ChappellFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering20 filingsthrough 2014
Mark Warren IsakowitzFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Press Secretary for Congressman Gilmor20 filingsthrough 2014
Kirsten ChadwickFierce, Isakowitz & BlalockCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs20 filingsthrough 2014
David J GarriepyRetail Industry Leaders Association20 filingsthrough 2014
Austin GoldRetail Industry Leaders Association19 filingsthrough 2026
Justin Nathaniel GoldbergerRetail Industry Leaders Association18 filingsthrough 2026
Joseph WilliamsonRetail Industry Leaders Association18 filingsthrough 2021
Heather MeadeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 00-02 Deputy Scheduler/Assistant to CoS, Senator Patty Murray18 filingsthrough 2016
Doug ThompsonRetail Industry Leaders Association18 filingsthrough 2014
Katherine LugarRetail Industry Leaders Association18 filingsthrough 2013
Covered positions · 56 of 95 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
