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.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
132 filings
$6.3M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
70 filings
$4.3M on those filings
Beverage Industry
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 53 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 5751118th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules.6 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.5 filingsthrough 2022
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-coca-cola-company.
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.
BEV
45 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
34 filings
$845K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
28 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
25 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
8 filings
$160K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
3 filings
$150K on those filings
Sports/Athletics
SPO
3 filings
$150K on those filings
Defense
DEF
3 filings
$60K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
2 filings
$40K on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
2 filings
$40K 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
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
5 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1430114th CongressPermanent CFC Look-Through Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
S. 727112th CongressBipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 20115 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 2186119th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules.4 filingsthrough 2025
H.R. 7024118th CongressTax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 20244 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2091112th CongressUnited States Job Creation and International Tax Reform Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3970110th CongressTax Reduction and Reform Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3996110th CongressTax Increase Prevention Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4351110th CongressAMT Relief Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 763110th CongressTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.4 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2242110th CongressHeartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.3 filingsthrough 2025
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.
John Kingston
Squire Patton Boggs
Covered position: 1993-2015, Congressman-U.S. House of Representatives
39 filingsthrough 2026
Jan FowlerThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Intern; Representative McCrery39 filingsthrough 2019
WILLIAM L BALL iiiWilliam Ball31 filingsthrough 2018
Joel RiethmillerImperium Global AdvisorsCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Baron Hill; Part-Time Employee, Rep. John Carney27 filingsthrough 2026
David LesstrangSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: 1996 -2001: Dep. COS and LD, Rep. Jerry Lewis; Jan. 2005- Jan. 2007: Dep. Staff Dir., Com. on Approps; Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011: Professional Staff, House Com.on Approps; Jan. 2011-Aug. 2018: Clerk, Sub. on Interior, Environ. and Related Agencies.27 filingsthrough 2026
Jordon SimsImperium Global AdvisorsCovered position: Defense Fellow, Rep. Kay Granger; Chief of Staff, Rep. Kay Granger27 filingsthrough 2026
Zachary Austin PriceThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Staff Assistant to Sen. Dan Coats26 filingsthrough 2026
Kate HullFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson ; ; Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen21 filingsthrough 2019
Kirsten ChadwickFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs21 filingsthrough 2019
Aleix JarvisFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham ; ; Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor21 filingsthrough 2019
William PiperFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Special Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Correspondent, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Aide, Senator McConnell ; ; Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Appropriations Coordinator, Senator McConnell ; ; Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell ; ; Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell21 filingsthrough 2019
William Kirk BlalockFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education ; ; Special Assistant to the President ; ; Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House21 filingsthrough 2019
Michael ChappellFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering ; ; Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering21 filingsthrough 2019
E. Brandon GarrettEmpire Consulting GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff-Rep. Robin Kelly; Policy Dir.-Cong. Black Caucus/Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II; Leg. Dir.-Rep. Marcia Fudge; and Leg. Asst.-Rep. Wm. Jefferson.20 filingsthrough 2026
Jefferson VanderwolkSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: 2011-2013: Tax Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Finance20 filingsthrough 2026
Ignacio E SanchezDla Piper LLP (US)20 filingsthrough 2019
John A MerriganDla Piper LLP (US)20 filingsthrough 2019
Tyler StephensFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence20 filingsthrough 2019
Evan M MigdailDla Piper LLP (US)19 filingsthrough 2019
Brian GreerEmpire Consulting GroupCovered position: Prof. Staff-House Armed Services Comm.; Military Leg Asst.-Sen. Charles Schumer; Spec Asst.-Off. of Sec. of Defense; Military Leg Asst.-Rep. John Boccieri; Military Leg Asst.-Rep. Parker Griffith; Leg Asst., Staff Asst. & Leg Corr.-Rep. David Scott.18 filingsthrough 2025
Margaret GilleySquire Patton BoggsCovered position: 2005-July 2010: LA and Senior PA, Cong. Jack Kingston16 filingsthrough 2020
Kelli BriggsThe Washington Tax & Public Policy GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, 12th Congressional District of Ohio; Chief of Staff, D.C. Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Staff Assistant, Intern for Rep. Tiberi14 filingsthrough 2021
Brian MclaughlinImperium Global AdvisorsCovered position: Research Assistant, Senate Homeland Security Committee; Research Assistant, Senator Richard Durbin12 filingsthrough 2026
David StewartSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: Nov '15-Apr '18, Maj. SD Ways and Means; June '13-Nov '15, Pol Dir, Speaker Boehner; Dec '08-Jan '11: Pol Adv, Rep Boehner; Jan '11-June '13, Asst for Policy, Rep Boehner; Apr '07-Dec '08 Dep COS and LD, Rep English12 filingsthrough 2026
JOHN THOMAS GRAVES jrErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress12 filingsthrough 2024
Danielle MaurerFierce Government RelationsCovered position: Staff Assistant, House Rules Committee ; ; Professional Staff Member, House Rules Committee ; ; Senior Floor Assistant, House Majority Leader ; ; Director of Member Services, Office of the Republican Leader ; ; Director of Member Services, Office of the Speaker ; ; Staff Assistant, Offie of Management and Budget ; ; Deputy to the Associate Director, OMB12 filingsthrough 2017
Covered positions · 50 of 62 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
