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.
Natural Resources
NAT
194 filings
$23.5M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
111 filings
$17.8M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 108 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1884117th CongressSave Oak Flat Act26 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 687113th CongressSoutheast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 201316 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 4880111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.
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.
Matt CartwrightD-Pennsylvania-AL
Bills: H.R. 1238, H.R. 1351, H.R. 20 +5 more
36 filings
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.
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Exec. Asst., Sen. Adams; Admin. Asst., Rep. Eckart ; ; Admin., Asst., House Majority Leader ; ; Deputy COS and COS, House Minority Leader53 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 276 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: rio-tinto-services-inc.
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
110 filings
$19M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
107 filings
$20M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
61 filings
$9.1M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
39 filings
$3.9M on those filings
Defense
DEF
35 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
RES
31 filings
$4.1M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
25 filings
$8M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
13 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
11 filings
$2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
9 filings
$450K 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.
13 filings
through 2010
S. 915117th CongressSave Oak Flat Act11 filingsthrough 2022
S. 339113th CongressSoutheast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1118th CongressLower Energy Costs Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1335118th CongressTAPP American Resources Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1351118th CongressSave Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1884118th CongressTo provide for a limitation on availability of funds for House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms for fiscal year 2024.9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.9 filingsthrough 2010
S. 409111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.9 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 520115th CongressNational Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act8 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2012114th CongressEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 20168 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1904112th CongressSoutheast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 20118 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 699111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 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.
JACK S DEUSER jr
The Smith-Free Group, LLC
Covered position: Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
50 filingsthrough 2024
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud Cmte, S/C on Juv Jus ; ; Legal Extern, H. Jud Cmte, Subcmte Crime/Crim Jus ; ; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Leg Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid ; ; Chief Counsel, Flr Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem Ldr/Whip32 filingsthrough 2021
Bill GhentAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sen. Tom Carper (2003-2019) - Chief of staff 2015-2019; Legislative Director 2007-2015; and, Communications Director 2003-2006/26 filingsthrough 2026
Israel TorresTorres Consulting and Law Group25 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan N. ModlinRio Tinto Services, Inc.22 filingsthrough 2024
James RenigarRio Tinto Services, Inc.20 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan StantonRio Tinto Services, Inc.20 filingsthrough 2019
Paul KavinokyRio Tinto Services, Inc.20 filingsthrough 2016
James C FreeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC20 filingsthrough 2015
Kelly A JohnsonHolland & Hart LLPCovered position: PDAAG, ENRD, DOJ; Counsel, Senate Energy - Natural Resources Committee19 filingsthrough 2026
Barry LasalaAvoq, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee16 filingsthrough 2017
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff, Senate Finance ; ; Acting Chief, Healthcare, Senate Finance ; ; Professional Staff, Health Senate Finance ; ; Leg Asst., Senator Baucus16 filingsthrough 2017
Daryl OwenOwen Evans Ingols16 filingsthrough 2013
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-200615 filingsthrough 2026
John StipicevicCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014; Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-201515 filingsthrough 2026
Alex RenjelCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-201315 filingsthrough 2026
Jay CranfordCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Staff Director House Subcommittee on Energy May 2004-Mar 2006; Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007-Dec 2010; Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan 2011-May 1, 201113 filingsthrough 2025
Luke DouglasTorres Consulting and Law Group13 filingsthrough 2023
Keaton HillTorres Consulting and Law Group12 filingsthrough 2023
Virginia HamiseviczRio Tinto Services, Inc.11 filingsthrough 2026
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres11 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 37 of 82 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
