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.
Brian C. ConklinSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: 2001-2002 Special Assistant to the President, 2004-2007 Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs21 filingsthrough 2024
Jeffrey DresslerSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: National Security Advisor, Speaker Paul Ryan: 2017-2019; National Security Advisor, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy: 2015-2017; Professional Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee: 2013-2015.16 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah Alison JonesSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: 1999-2000 Assistant to Senator Paul Coverdell, 2001-2002 Assistant to the Deputy to the President for Legislative Affairs, 2002-2004 Presidential Nominations Manager in the Executive Office of the President15 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 44 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: sb-group-us-inc-dba-softbank-group-us-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.
FIN
20 filings
$15.7M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
16 filings
$11.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
13 filings
$10.1M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
12 filings
$8.3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
10 filings
$8.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
9 filings
$5.5M on those filings
Defense
DEF
4 filings
$2.6M on those filings
Aerospace
AER
4 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
4 filings
$260K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
3 filings
$2.5M 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.
117th Congress
Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021
3 filingsthrough 2022
S. 420117th CongressProtecting the Right to Organize Act of 20213 filingsthrough 2022
S. 490117th CongressUnemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 20213 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1260118th CongressUniversity of Utah Research Park Act1 filingthrough 2023
H.R. 7491117th CongressParents Need to Know Act of 20221 filingthrough 2021
H.R. 8743116th CongressSolar Jobs Preservation Act of 20201 filingthrough 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.
through 2022
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging, Sr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson, Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen12 filingsthrough 2022
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs12 filingsthrough 2022
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham, Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor12 filingsthrough 2022
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence12 filingsthrough 2022
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Asst., Sen. McConnell, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Aide, Sen. McConnell, Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Appropriations Coordinator, Sen. McConnell, Sr. Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Chief of Staff, Sen. McCon12 filingsthrough 2022
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House12 filingsthrough 2022
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Pickering, Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering12 filingsthrough 2022
Eric ZulkoskyFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole12 filingsthrough 2022
Lauren ValainisSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: 2011-2012 Staff Assistant to Congressman Jeff Duncan, 2012-2013 Press Assistant to Congressman Jeff Duncan, 2013-2017 Scheduler to Congressman Jeff Duncan11 filingsthrough 2022
Tonya WilliamsSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: 2008-2011 Chief of Staff to Representative G.K. Butterfield, 2011-2016 Director of Legislative Affairs in the Office of the Vice President9 filingsthrough 2021
Sean Taylor CallahanSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: Dep. Chief of Staff & Legislative Director, Rep. Val Demings: 2022-2023; Dep. Chief of Staff, Sen. Mazie Hirono: 2016-2017; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Mark Takai: 2015-2016; Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa: 2011-2014.5 filingsthrough 2026
Emily ChristySb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff and International Advisor, FCC: 2005-2006; Director, Office of Senior Advisor to the President, Executive Office of the President: 2007; Director of the Advocacy Center, Department of Commerce: 2008-20094 filingsthrough 2025
Lauren BeliveSb Group US, Inc. DBA Softbank Group US, Inc.Covered position: 2007-2008 Staff Assistant for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 2009-2012 Legislative Assistant, White House Office of Legislative Affairs, 2012-2015 Policy Director for the House Committee on Rules3 filingsthrough 2022
Covered positions · 16 of 16 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
