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.
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.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
20 filings
$580K 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.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Joe KasperErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: - US Dept. Homeland Security: Depty. Asst. Secy (2020), Office of the Secy of Defense: Special Asst (2017-2020); Rep. Duncan Hunter: Chief of Staff (2014-2017); LD/Communications Dir (2008-9); Communications Dir. (2004-2008); LA (2003-2004)17 filingsthrough 2025
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: sempre.
Ervin Graves Strategy Group, LLC
Covered position: N/A
4 filingsthrough 2021
Colby MillerErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Defense & Foreign Policy Advisor, Sen Hutchinson (07-09); Military LA, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (05-07); Navy Congressional Liaison (03-05).4 filingsthrough 2021
John DonnellyErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Rep. Tom Graves: CoS (2015-21), Dpty CoS/Comm Dir. (2014-15), Comm Dir. (2012-14 and 2010-11). Sen. Scott Brown: Press Secy (2011-12). Rep. Dan Burton: Press Secy (2008-10); Special Asst. (2007-08)4 filingsthrough 2021
Brian YatesErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: N/A4 filingsthrough 2021
Jackson BurdineErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Intern for John Rose June 2023, Intern for William Timmons 20253 filingsthrough 2026
Adam MyersErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Staff Assistant August 2020 - March 2021; Legislative Correspondent March 2021 - August 20212 filingsthrough 2025
Brian MclaughlinImperium Global AdvisorsCovered position: Research Assistant, Senate Homeland Security Committee; Research Assistant, Senator Richard Durbin1 filingthrough 2026
Jordon SimsImperium Global AdvisorsCovered position: Defense Fellow, Rep. Kay Granger; Chief of Staff, Rep. Kay Granger1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 11 of 11 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
