35 filings from 3 registrants · 2008–2017 · latest filed Oct 16, 2017
Reported on its behalf
$735K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$735K
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.
Defense
DEF
34 filings
$735K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
14 filings
$335K 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.
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 5136111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5822111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
S. 3615111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
S. 3800111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.2 filingsthrough 2010
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
James NooneMercury Public Affairs, LLC23 filingsthrough 2017
Vin WeberClark & WeinstockCovered position: Member of Congress, MN9 filingsthrough 2011
James DyerClark & WeinstockCovered position: Dep. Asst. to Pres/Leg Affairs/House, White H9 filingsthrough 2011
Sandra K StuartClark & WeinstockCovered position: Chief of Staff Hon. Vic Fazio9 filingsthrough 2011
The filings
The 20 most recent of 35 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: state-of-connecticut-office-of-policy-management.
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
H.R. 1540112th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20121 filingthrough 2011
H.R. 2219112th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20121 filingthrough 2011
S. 1253112th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20121 filingthrough 2011
H.R. 2647111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2009
S. 1390111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2009
S. 1407111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.1 filingthrough 2009
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.
Paul LoboClark & WeinstockCovered position: Leg. Asst. Cong. Susan Molinari9 filingsthrough 2011
James NooneClark & Weinstock9 filingsthrough 2011
Brett ShogrenThe Washington GroupCovered position: Policy Dir, Ofc of the House Majority Leader5 filingsthrough 2008
Paul LoboThe Washington GroupCovered position: Legislative Asst, Congresswoman Susan Molinari5 filingsthrough 2008
Carlos BonillaThe Washington GroupCovered position: Special Asst to President Bush, Economic Policy5 filingsthrough 2008
Susan MolinariThe Washington GroupCovered position: Member of Congress (NY-13)5 filingsthrough 2008
Eugene PatroneThe Washington GroupCovered position: Leg Director, Congressman Vito Fosella5 filingsthrough 2008
James NooneThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
Marissa MitrovichThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
Kevin AllenThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
Kimberley FarmerThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
Tonya SaundersThe Washington GroupCovered position: Staff Assistant, Senator Jay Rockefeller, IV5 filingsthrough 2008
Fowler WestThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
G John O'HanlonThe Washington Group5 filingsthrough 2008
Melissa M EdwardsThe Washington GroupCovered position: Professional Staff, Senate Comm on Gov't Affairs5 filingsthrough 2008
Paul LoboMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Prof Staff House Public Works & Transp. Comm.3 filingsthrough 2012
Covered positions · 12 of 20 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
