9 filings from 2 registrants · 2011–2020 · latest filed Jan 19, 2021
Reported on its behalf
$370K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$370K
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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.
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
5 filings
$310K on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
2 filings
$60K 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 — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
William WichtermanCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Special Assistant to President George W. Bush (2008-2009); Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (2003-2005); Chief of Staff to Rep. Joseph Pitts (1997-2002)6 filingsthrough 2020
Layth Sami ElhassaniCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: White House Off. Leg. Aff., Sp. Assist. to the President; Off. of Sen. Bennet, Leg. Dir.; House Comm. on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Off. of Rep. Velazquez, Leg. Dir.; Off. of Sen. Cantwell, Leg. Counsel; Off. of Sen. Hollings, Leg. Counsel.4 filingsthrough 2020
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: rovi-corporation.
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.
spend on filings that named this issue
3 filingsthrough 2011
Jennifer CettaSquire Patton Boggs3 filingsthrough 2011
John VeroneauCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, General Counsel & Assistant USTR for Congressional Affairs, Assistant Secretary & DAS, Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense; Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Susan Collins; Legislative Director, U.S. Senator Cohen2 filingsthrough 2020
Shara AranoffCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: U.S. International Trade Commission, Commissioner and Chairman; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Senior International Trade Counsel to Senator Max Baucus (D-MT); Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, Attorney Advisor2 filingsthrough 2020
Jason EverettCovington & Burling LLPCovered position: House Judiciary Cmte., Democratic Dep. Chief Counsel/Counsel; Subcmte on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Chief Democratic Counsel/Counsel; Rep. Mel Watt, Leg. Asst.; Sen. Boxer, Leg. Aide; Minority Bus. Dev. Agency, Asst. to the Dir2 filingsthrough 2019
