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.
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: synchrony-financial.
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.
BAN
72 filings
$12M 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.
115th Congress
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
10 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2155116th CongressStop Wall Street Looting Act9 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2155118th CongressRebuild Rural America Act of 20238 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2155117th CongressPreventing Election Subversion Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 3182116th CongressCECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1564116th CongressContinued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act8 filingsthrough 2020
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 2018.8 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3299115th CongressProtecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 20177 filingsthrough 2018
S. 2730118th CongressProtecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 20236 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2760118th CongressCapping Credit Card Interest Rates Act6 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1642115th CongressProtecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 20176 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 5050116th CongressVeterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act5 filingsthrough 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.
Covered position:
43 filingsthrough 2026
Bryan BlomPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Staff Director, Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security, International Trade & Finance; Minority Staff Director, Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment; Legislative Director, Rep. Sean Duffy43 filingsthrough 2026
Jon GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: Dpty CoS & Policy Dir-Sen.Kyl/GOP Whip Ofc; Policy Cnsl-Sen Kyl/GOP Whip Ofc; Dpty Assoc Dir (Senate), OMB, Leg. Aff; Policy Cnsl/Analyst-Sen Kyl/Sen Rep Plcy Cmte; Leg.Cnsl, Rep Frelinghuysen; Law Clerk-DoT Amtrak Reform Cnsl; Intern-Rep Hefley.43 filingsthrough 2026
Jeremy RabinovitzPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lois Capps; Chief of Staff, Rep. Walter Capps; Chief of Staff, Rep. Carolyn Maloney; Chief of Staff and Legislative Assistant, Rep. Stephen Solarz33 filingsthrough 2023
Benjamin TurnerPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. John Delaney; Legislative Assistant and Legislative Counsel, Rep. Jim Himes; Legislative Aide, Rep. Joe Courtney29 filingsthrough 2022
Daniel J GansPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: Intern, Rep. McMillan; COS, Rep Riley; LD, Rep Martini; Sr LA, Rep. Franks.22 filingsthrough 2021
Bryan CunninghamPolaris Government Relations, LLCCovered position: LC Sen. Gregg; Intern, Sen. Bennett; Policy Advsr & LA, Sen Ensign; LA Rep LoBiondo22 filingsthrough 2021
Kelly McgrathPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, House Financial Services Committee18 filingsthrough 2022
Jennifer ReadPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs13 filingsthrough 2024
Abigail V TruhartPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC9 filingsthrough 2026
Chris ManevalPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, House Republican Whip Emmer; Chief of Staff, Rep. Emmer; Legislative Director, Rep. Emmer; Senior Leg Assistant, Rep. Forbes; Leg Assistant, Rep. Forbes; Leg Aide, Rep. Forbes; Staff Assistant, Rep. Forbes8 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen NewtonPorterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLCCovered position: Deputy Legislative Director, Sen. Romney; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Romney; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Romney; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Kennedy; Research Assistant, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship5 filingsthrough 2024
Brian Steven GastonFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Member Services Director, Republican Conference Committee, Chairman Dick Armey ; ; Republican Conference Committee, Chairman John Boehner ; ; Policy Director, House Majority Leader Dick Armey ; ; Policy Director, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt ; ; Chief of Staff, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt ; ; Leadership Advisor, Rep. Roy Blunt5 filingsthrough 2016
Alex MistriFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Lauch Faircloth ; ; Legislative Director, Rep. Robin Hayes ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Bill Shuster ; ; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs ; ; Strategic Analysis Officer, Department of State5 filingsthrough 2016
Catharine Cyr RansomFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Bob Graham ; ; Professional Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, ; ; Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ; ; Sr. Climate and Environmental Advisor, Senator Max Baucus5 filingsthrough 2016
Jon GansFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff & Policy Director ,Sen. Jon Kyl, GOP Whip Office ; ; Policy Counsel , Sen. Jon Kyl, GOP Whip Office ; ; Deputy Associate Director (Senate), Office of Management and Budget, Legislative Affairs ; ; Policy Counsel/Analyst ,Sen. Jon Kyl, Republican Policy Committee ; ; Legislative Counsel , Rep. Frelinghuysen ; ; Law Clerk, Dept. of Transportation (Amtrak Reform Counsel)5 filingsthrough 2016
John HughesFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Counsel, Committee on Financial Services ; ; Sr.Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ; ; Sr. Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer5 filingsthrough 2016
Mitch ErdelSynchrony FinancialCovered position: Leg. Assistant, Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer; Designee, House Financial Services Committee; Leg. Assistant, Sen. Deb Fischer; Staff Assistant, Field Rep, Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Roy Blunt1 filingthrough 2026
Noah LyonsSynchrony Financial1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 20 of 22 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
