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.
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and Its Affiliates
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: the-capital-group-companies-inc-and-its-affiliates.
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.
TAX
42 filings
$12.5M on those filings
Banking
BAN
28 filings
$10.7M on those filings
Education
EDU
17 filings
$7M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
16 filings
$3.9M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
7 filings
$360K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
3 filings
$150K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
3 filings
$150K 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.
117th Congress
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
7 filingsthrough 2022
S.Con.Res. 14117th CongressA concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.7 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1770117th CongressRetirement Security and Savings Act of 20216 filingsthrough 2021
S. 1731116th CongressEQUITABLE Act6 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 4521117th CongressStrategic Competition Act of 20215 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 6746117th CongressLifetime Income For Employees Act4 filingsthrough 2022
S. 331117th CongressABLE Age Adjustment Act4 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 1994116th CongressSetting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 20194 filingsthrough 2020
S. 972116th CongressRetirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 20194 filingsthrough 2020
S. 2452117th CongressEncouraging Americans to Save Act3 filingsthrough 2022
S. 4241117th CongressINDEX Act3 filingsthrough 2022
S. 4353117th CongressRISE & SHINE Act3 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.
Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Matheson
25 filingsthrough 2024
Jeffrey ShapiroTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Adrian Smith (2007-2012); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Adrian Smith (2007); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Lee Terry (2001-2003)25 filingsthrough 2022
Cedric GrantAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sr. Advisor, Rep. Rangel; Dir., WH Office of Faith Based & Neighborhood Partnerships; US Dept. of Commerce; CoS, Rep. Jeffries24 filingsthrough 2024
Kellin ClarkThe Capital Group Companies, Inc. and Its AffiliatesCovered position: Senator Jon Tester - Senior Economic Advisor (11/18 - 7/19); Legislative Assistant (12/14 - 11/18); Legislative Aide (3/13 - 12/14); Legislative Correspondent (6/11 - 3/13)23 filingsthrough 2026
Steven ElmendorfAvoq, LLCCovered position: Executive Assistant, Sen. Adams; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Eckart; Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff, House Minority Leader23 filingsthrough 2024
James HeimbachTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Special Asst to the President, The White House/CoS Senator Sherrod Brown/FCC - CSB and Congressional Affairs/OLA, The White House22 filingsthrough 2022
John Michael GonzalezTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Bell ; ; Chief of Staff, Rep. Melissa Bean18 filingsthrough 2019
Emily KirlinTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Director of Member Services, Senator John Cornyn; Whip Liaison, Senator Jon Kyl; Internal Communications Advisor, Senator Lamar Alexander17 filingsthrough 2022
Matthew LeffingwellTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Director of Member Services Coalitions, House Appropriations Cmte.; CoS, Rep. Kay Granger; Deputy CoS, Rep. Kay Granger; Comms. Director, Rep. Kay Granger; Comms. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Projects Director/Press Secretary, Rep. Mark Kirk16 filingsthrough 2021
Rebecca Louise ShawAvoq, LLCCovered position: (Rep. Devin Nunes), Paid Intern, (Rep. Chris Gibson), Legis. Assistant, SR Legis. Assistant, Legis. Dir., Dep. Chief of Staff & Legis. Dir., (Rep. Trey Hollingsworth), Chief of Staff.12 filingsthrough 2024
Rebecca CantrellThe Capital Group Companies, Inc. and Its Affiliates11 filingsthrough 2020
Megan FarrellTiber Creek Group10 filingsthrough 2017
Kristen HarperTiber Creek Group8 filingsthrough 2022
Bill GhentAvoq, LLCCovered position: Sen. Tom Carper (2003-2019) - Chief of staff 2015-2019; Legislative Director 2007-2015; and, Communications Director 2003-20068 filingsthrough 2022
Ashli PalmerTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn; Policy Director, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn; Chief of Staff, Rural Business Services Agency (USDA)7 filingsthrough 2021
Kelly HitchcockThe Capital Group Companies, Inc. and Its Affiliates6 filingsthrough 2026
Timothy A MolinoTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmte. (2010-2011); Counsel, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (2010)5 filingsthrough 2022
Sheila MurphyTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Richard Durbin ; ; Legislative Director, Senator Bob Kerrey ; ; Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson ; ; Legislative Director, Senator Tom Carper ; ; LD and Interim COS, Senator Amy Klobuchar ; ; Subcomm. on Fed. Financial Mgmnt ; ; Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Daschle5 filingsthrough 2016
Joseph BoddickerAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Cmte; Tax & Trade Counsel, Sen. Thune; Staff Dir., Senate Finance Subcmte on Tax; Tax Counsel/LA, Sen. Heller; Staff Dir., Senate Finance Subcmte on Energy; Finance Counsel, Sen. Gardner; LegA/LC/SA, Sen. Thune.4 filingsthrough 2025
Jennifer OlsonTiber Creek GroupCovered position: Legislative Director, Sen. Lindsey Graham (2005-2010); Legislative Assistant, Sen. Graham (2003-2005); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Kolbe (2001-2003)4 filingsthrough 2022
Jonathan JagodaAlston & Bird LLP3 filingsthrough 2025
Mark RayderAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: LA, Rep. Tom Latham; LA, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen; District Rep., Rep. Dean Gallo.2 filingsthrough 2025
Robert SigginsAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy.2 filingsthrough 2025
Jane LucasAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Special Assistant to the President, White House Office of Legislative Affairs; Principal Deputy Director, IOS-Office of Health Reform, HHS; Legislative Director, U.S. Senator John Thune.2 filingsthrough 2025
