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: texas-instruments-incorporated.
fees reported
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Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee paid to an outside firm. See the full list.
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.
TRD
120 filings
$30.5M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
69 filings
$20.2M on those filings
Education
EDU
57 filings
$22.4M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
53 filings
$17.9M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
50 filings
$18.9M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
30 filings
$10.7M on those filings
Automotive Industry
AUT
27 filings
$9.2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
26 filings
$11.4M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
26 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
21 filings
$7.2M 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.
113th Congress
SKILLS Visa Act
13 filingsthrough 2014
S. 1013113th CongressPatent Abuse Reduction Act of 201313 filingsthrough 2014
S. 744113th CongressBorder Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act13 filingsthrough 2014
S. 866113th CongressPatent Quality Improvement Act of 201313 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1304117th CongressAmerican Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 202112 filingsthrough 2022
S. 153114th CongressI-Squared Act of 201512 filingsthrough 2016
S. 1260117th CongressUnited States Innovation and Competition Act of 202111 filingsthrough 2022
S. 866118th CongressAmerican Innovation and Jobs Act10 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.10 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1044116th CongressFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 202010 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 392115th CongressFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1806114th CongressAmerica COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 201510 filingsthrough 2016
S. 662113th CongressTrade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 201310 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.
47 filingsthrough 2025
Paula J CollinsTexas Instruments Incorporated42 filingsthrough 2018
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole41 filingsthrough 2025
Eugene M IrisariTexas Instruments IncorporatedCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Rep.Michael McCaul 2005-2010Legislative Counsel, Legislative Assistant and LegislativeCorrespondent for Rep. Kevin Brady 2000-200441 filingsthrough 2019
Spencer WayneTexas Instruments IncorporatedCovered position: Policy Analyst/Sen Barrasso/Republican Policy Cmte, Jan 2012-Nov 2018; Policy Analyst/Sen Thune/Republican Policy Cmte Apr 2011-Jan 2012; Leg Dir/Rep Palazzo Jan 2011-Apr 2011; Leg Asst/Sen LeMieux Sep 2009-Dec 2010; Sen Martinez Jan 2005-Sep 2009.35 filingsthrough 2026
Alexander PerkinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)22 filingsthrough 2025
Rosemary GutierrezMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin22 filingsthrough 2025
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.17 filingsthrough 2023
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall15 filingsthrough 2019
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.15 filingsthrough 2014
Mary ThorntonTexas Instruments Incorporated13 filingsthrough 2020
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown13 filingsthrough 2014
Victoria D FloodMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Senator Capito); Staff Assist. (Rep. Capito)8 filingsthrough 2025
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 2025
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster6 filingsthrough 2016
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.5 filingsthrough 2011
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.5 filingsthrough 2011
