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.
Agriculture
AGR
116 filings
$20.8M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
106 filings
$20M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 40 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.9 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1315115th CongressRFS Reform Act of 20178 filingsthrough 2018
Christopher W HatcherWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Sch. C, Treasury; Associate Staff, House Rules Committee; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis52 filingsthrough 2020
Eric StewartWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: COS and Deputy Asst. Sec., Dept of Commerce46 filingsthrough 2020
LF PAYNE jrMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Former Member of Congress46 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 118 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: smithfield-foods-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.
85 filings
$15.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
70 filings
$10.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
65 filings
$9.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
52 filings
$13.2M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
38 filings
$2.8M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
37 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
25 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
16 filings
$3M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
15 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
10 filings
$790K 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.
114th Congress
RFS Reform Act of 2015
7 filingsthrough 2016
S. 577114th CongressCorn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 20157 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 683118th CongressPASS Act of 20235 filingsthrough 2024
S. 168118th CongressPASS Act of 20235 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2393114th CongressCountry of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 20154 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4356117th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20223 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.3 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2599117th CongressAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20223 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2115th CongressAgriculture Improvement Act of 20183 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1314114th CongressBipartisan Budget Act of 20153 filingsthrough 2015
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 2019
Jack Steven HartWilliams and Jensen, PLLC41 filingsthrough 2018
Frank DonatelliMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)37 filingsthrough 2019
Mona G MohibMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Director, Intergovermental Affairs - Dept of Labor37 filingsthrough 2019
Christopher DelacyHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: ​Counsel, House Science Cmte., Technology Subcmte.; Counsel, Senator John Warner29 filingsthrough 2026
Joel RobersonHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: ​Committee Liaison, House Republican Conference; Floor Debate Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Law Clerk, House Judiciary Committee27 filingsthrough 2025
Lee LilleyMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director, Congressman G.K. Butterfield24 filingsthrough 2018
Christopher ArmstrongHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Attorney, Office of Special Counsel; Investigative Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Oversight Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee; Chief Oversight Counsel, Senate Finance Committee22 filingsthrough 2025
Kathryn H LehmanHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: ​​Special Assistant to Speaker of the House; Policy Director, House Majority Whip; Director of Coalition Outreach, Speaker of House; Chief of Staff, House Republican Conference21 filingsthrough 2024
Karl KochHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim Davis20 filingsthrough 2024
Eric RobinsWilliams and Jensen, PLLC19 filingsthrough 2014
Peter TaborHolland & Knight LLP18 filingsthrough 2026
Victoria M. YoungMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)17 filingsthrough 2019
Todd WootenHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: LA, Counsel, Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Leg. Dir, Sen. Debbie Stabenow; Prof. Staff, Sen. Agriculture Cmte., Prof. Staff, Sen. Energy & Natural Resources Cmte., Prof. Staff, Sen. Finance Cmte.15 filingsthrough 2024
Thomas F WallsMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director, Senator Russ Feingold15 filingsthrough 2011
Bertram CarpWilliams and Jensen, PLLC12 filingsthrough 2012
Michael BeerWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: LA, Rep. Dave Hobson12 filingsthrough 2012
Susan HirschmannWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: COS, Rep.Van Hilleary & Majority Whip12 filingsthrough 2012
Shawna Francis WatleyHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: LA, Sen. J. Robert Kerrey11 filingsthrough 2021
Scott GravesWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: DCOS, Rep Conaway; COS, Rep Farenthold; COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee11 filingsthrough 2018
Jenny DijamesWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: LA and LD, Rep. Bud Crmaer11 filingsthrough 2012
Rebecca AndersonWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: White House Office of Legislative Affairs10 filingsthrough 2011
Andrew SmithMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Senator Mark Warner9 filingsthrough 2017
Anthony J RodaWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Leadership Staff, House Whip Gingrich8 filingsthrough 2010
Beth A ViolaHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Senior Advisor, Council on Environmental Quality7 filingsthrough 2021
James B BurchfieldWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Staff Associate, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Small Business; Senior Policy Advisor, Congressman Steve Chabot7 filingsthrough 2020
Robert WasingerMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Sam Brownback7 filingsthrough 2019
Paul UngerMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Director, Senator George Allen7 filingsthrough 2009
Covered positions · 37 of 57 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
