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.
John MulliganMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director and Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)41 filingsthrough 2024
CHARLES STEWART VERDERY jrMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Assistant Secretary and Consultant, Department of Homeland Security36 filingsthrough 2024
E. Ashley HoyMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Director of Coalitions, Senate Republican Conference Office ; ; of the Vice Chairman; Director of Coalitions, Office of the ; ; Minority Whip; Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, ; ; Legislative Correspondent, and Administrative Assistant ; ; Rep. Sue Myrick
The filings
The 20 most recent of 179 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: starbucks-corporation.
Starbucks Corporation — lobbying record — Receipts Report
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.
CIV
83 filings
$11.3M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
79 filings
$13.9M on those filings
Veterans
VET
68 filings
$9.8M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
53 filings
$7.9M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
44 filings
$8.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
43 filings
$7M on those filings
Education
EDU
42 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
40 filings
$5.8M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
40 filings
$4.9M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
30 filings
$4.2M 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.
through 2016
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2025
S. 4408116th CongressUpskilling and Retraining Assistance Act5 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3713114th CongressSentencing Reform Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2123114th CongressSentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2454111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3610110th CongressFood and Drug Import Safety Act of 20075 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1409111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4173111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
S. 560111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 2037117th CongressJOBS Act of 20212 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4411117th CongressUpskilling and Retraining Assistance Act2 filingsthrough 2022
S. 864117th CongressJOBS Act of 20212 filingsthrough 2022
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.
34 filingsthrough 2021
Thomas Allen HawksMonument Advocacy33 filingsthrough 2022
Andrew HowellMonument Advocacy26 filingsthrough 2020
Kimberly EllisMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady; Deputy Executive Sec ; ; and Confidential Asst, Office of U.S. Trade Representative26 filingsthrough 2020
Lori Otto PunkeStarbucks Corporation26 filingsthrough 2014
Jennifer Michelle BergStarbucks CorporationCovered position: Constituent Services Representative, Deputy Scheduler and Scheduler - all for Sen. Patty Murray22 filingsthrough 2026
James RothStarbucks Corporation21 filingsthrough 2018
Lilia Mcfarland HorderMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Acting Chief of Staff, Departmental Administration, USDA, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary, USDA, Legislative Fellow (Detailed from USDA), Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein, Special Assistant, Office of Congressional Relations18 filingsthrough 2025
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Staff Asst (Senator Metzenbaum)17 filingsthrough 2026
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Exec Dir (House Repub Pol C); CoS (Rep. Shadegg); LA (Rep. Dannemeyer); LD (Rep. Bartlett)17 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Pol; General Csl & Pol Dir (House Repub Conf)17 filingsthrough 2026
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dep COS, Leg Dir (Senator Cantwell); Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., (Senator Harkin)17 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary MalloveMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.17 filingsthrough 2026
Lori Otto PunkeLop StrategiesCovered position: U.S. Senate Policy Advisor17 filingsthrough 2022
Katharine ListerMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of ; ; Commerce; Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of ; ; Staff, and Communications Director, Sen. Maria ; ; Cantwell; Communications Director, Rep. ; ; Adam Smith; Staff Assistant, Sen. John Kerry17 filingsthrough 2017
Timothy PunkeMonument AdvocacyCovered position: International Trade Counsel, Chief International Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee15 filingsthrough 2024
Rich ThomasMonument AdvocacyCovered position: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Asst, ; ; and Legislative Director Rep. Bill Pascrell13 filingsthrough 2017
Naveen ParmarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel (Sen. Hickenlooper); General Counsel (House Comm on Sm Bus/Velazquez); Tax Counsel, (House Comm on Sm Bus/Velazquez); Economic Policy Counsel (Sen. Amy Klobuchar); Ways and Means Counsel (Rep. Lloyd Doggett)8 filingsthrough 2026
Michael E. ColliinsStarbucks CorporationCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. John Lewis; Floor Asst. to Reps. David Bonier, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn and Nancy Pelosi; Special Assistant to President Biden and Director of Public Engagement and Intergov. Affairs for Vice President Harris8 filingsthrough 2024
John Andrew PappasMonument Advocacy8 filingsthrough 2021
Cicely SimpsonStarbucks CorporationCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Jim Cooper; Legislative Director, Rep. Lincoln Davis7 filingsthrough 2025
Helen TolarMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staff/Csl - Senate VA C (Senator Craig); Csl/LD (Rep. Miller); LA (Rep. Miller); Scheduler (Rep. Miller); Law Clerk (House Trans/Infra C)6 filingsthrough 2026
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Dep Dir of Legis. Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Assoc Dir-Senate Dem Steering Comm (Senator Daschle)6 filingsthrough 2026
