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.
Daniel J FrenchDaniel J. French & Associates, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1991/92.25 filingsthrough 2015
Eric PersonsSyracuse University20 filingsthrough 2017
Elizabeth RougeuxSyracuse University16 filingsthrough 2011
Christian LeeCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc. PSM-Detailee, Senate Appropriations Committee; House Liaison Assistant, Coast Guard House Liaison Office; Coast Guard Fellow, Select Committee on Homeland Security
The filings
The 20 most recent of 139 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: syracuse-university.
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.
38 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
32 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Defense
DEF
21 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
14 filings
$880K on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
14 filings
$680K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
11 filings
$550K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
10 filings
$420K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
9 filings
$510K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
8 filings
$110K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
7 filings
$340K 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 2008
S. 2041110th CongressFalse Claims Act Correction Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2668110th CongressModernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2913110th CongressShawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 20082 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 8224119th CongressNational Veterans Strategy Act of 20261 filingthrough 2026
S. 2772119th CongressCommissary Healthy Options and servicemember Welfare (CHOW) Act1 filingthrough 2026
H.R. 550117th CongressImmunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 20211 filingthrough 2021
S. 1906116th CongressImprove Well-Being for Veterans Act1 filingthrough 2019
H.R. 1546114th CongressEmergency Information Improvement Act of 20151 filingthrough 2015
H.R. 6114th Congress21st Century Cures Act1 filingthrough 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.
Covered position:
10 filingsthrough 2026
Laura KoltonSyracuse University10 filingsthrough 2026
Deirdre StachMercury Public Affairs, LLC9 filingsthrough 2026
Brad GentileHill East Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. John Katko; Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Rep. Chris Gibson; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Rep. John Boehner9 filingsthrough 2026
Erin O'Connor ElliottHill East Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications Director & Counsel, Rep. John Katko9 filingsthrough 2026
John Michael KatkoHill East Group, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress9 filingsthrough 2026
Bryan LanzaMercury Public Affairs, LLC8 filingsthrough 2026
Trent LefkowitzMercury Public Affairs, LLC8 filingsthrough 2026
Tyler GutchessHill East Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant: Rep. Marc Molinaro; Constituent Services Representative, Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, Legislative Assistant: Rep. John Katko5 filingsthrough 2026
Julie NolanAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: ​Dep.CoS and LD, Nov.17-Nov. 18; LD, Nov.16-17; LA Oct. 15-16 to Rep. Patrick Meehan; Staff Asst, Sen. Richard Lugar Jan. 06-Jan. 07.5 filingsthrough 2019
Louis AgnelloAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Snr Cnsl, Joint Econ Committee, Mar 17-Nov 17; Leg cnsl, Sen Heinrich, Apr 14-Mar 17; Leg Asst, Rep Doris Matsui, Dec 11-Apr 14; Leg Asst, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 09-Aug 09; Research Analyst, Senate Small Business Committee, Jun 07-Aug 085 filingsthrough 2019
Diana Marie NapolitanoSyracuse University4 filingsthrough 2008
Daniel J FrenchCapitol Federal Strategies, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant to Sen. D.P. Moynihan 91/922 filingsthrough 2015
Zachary HowellHill East Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Rep. John Katko; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ron DeSantis; Communications Director, Rep. Kay Granger; Press Secretary, Rep. Ben Quayle1 filingthrough 2023
Susan SweatCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)1 filingthrough 2022
Christopher HodgsonCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence)1 filingthrough 2022
Marty FullerCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.1 filingthrough 2022
Shanetta PaskelCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.1 filingthrough 2022
Elizabeth Louise MesserCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, House Member Office (Palazzo); Legislative Assistant, House Member Office (Rutherford)1 filingthrough 2022
Ben WareSyracuse University1 filingthrough 2008
Tim SmeedingSyracuse University1 filingthrough 2008
Covered positions · 15 of 30 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
