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.
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy;Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz ; ; Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health; Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health48 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 105 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-rila.
$1.7M
fees reported
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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.
CSP
87 filings
$3.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
84 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
44 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
28 filings
$920K on those filings
Banking
BAN
16 filings
$740K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
11 filings
$340K on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
9 filings
$310K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
7 filings
$210K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
5 filings
$150K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$150K 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.
119th Congress
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
10 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 842117th CongressProtecting the Right to Organize Act of 202110 filingsthrough 2022
S. 420117th CongressProtecting the Right to Organize Act of 202110 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 20118th CongressRichard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 567118th CongressRichard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1260117th CongressUnited States Innovation and Competition Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1625116th CongressNEW GIG Act of 20197 filingsthrough 2020
S. 700116th CongressNEW GIG Act of 20197 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2193115th CongressRemote Transactions Parity Act of 20177 filingsthrough 2018
S. 976115th CongressMarketplace Fairness Act of 20177 filingsthrough 2018
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.
Jeanne ShaheenD-New Hampshire
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1067, S. 1241 +29 more
1,282 filings
10 lobbyists
Tammy BaldwinD-Wisconsin
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1067, S. 1214 +32 more
1,186 filings
9 lobbyists
Jeff MerkleyD-Oregon
Bills: S. 1002, S. 1032, S. 1105 +19 more
1,142 filings
10 lobbyists
Gary C. PetersD-Michigan
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1212, S. 1241 +26 more
1,115 filings
9 lobbyists
Andy KimD-New Jersey
Bills: H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1478 +22 more
1,093 filings
8 lobbyists
Cory A. BookerD-New Jersey
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1095, S. 1096 +27 more
998 filings
10 lobbyists
Margaret Wood HassanD-New Hampshire
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1241, S. 1302 +23 more
992 filings
8 lobbyists
Elizabeth WarrenD-Massachusetts
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1241, S. 1409 +17 more
926 filings
10 lobbyists
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.
David R Thomas
Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Director of Congressional Relations, FTC; Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum
48 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer; Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett48 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference48 filingsthrough 2026
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means; Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp44 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay; Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula ; ; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster44 filingsthrough 2026
David Paul PelusoKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff-Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant-Representative Gus Bilirakis, R-FL.40 filingsthrough 2026
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole36 filingsthrough 2025
Mary R "Randi" ReidKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: LA, Sr.LA & Projects Director, LD - Senator Michael Enzi; Legislative Director - Rep. Michael Burgess - R-TX33 filingsthrough 2021
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee32 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill30 filingsthrough 2026
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey30 filingsthrough 2021
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle28 filingsthrough 2026
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)21 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin21 filingsthrough 2026
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)21 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.20 filingsthrough 2026
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter18 filingsthrough 2019
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)16 filingsthrough 2025
Caitlin Van SantMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)15 filingsthrough 2026
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&C15 filingsthrough 2026
Steve HaroMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra15 filingsthrough 2022
Mary Dee BealKountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLCCovered position: Policy Analyst,Senate Republican Policy Committee;Acting Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary,USDA;Senior Advisor to the Secretary,USDA;Legislative Director,Cong. Drew Ferguson,R-GA; Legis. Director, Legis. Assistant, Scheduler Cong. Austin Scott,R13 filingsthrough 2026
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Senator Bayh13 filingsthrough 2018
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom UdallLegislative Director, Senator Tom UdallLegislative Director, Representative Tom UdallLegislative Assistant, Representative Tom UdallStaff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall13 filingsthrough 2018
Covered positions · 50 of 51 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
