The Internet Association — lobbying record — Receipts Report
Client
Lobbying client · LD-2 disclosures
The Internet Association
District of Columbia
91 filings from 5 registrants · 2013–2021 · latest filed Jan 21, 2022
Reported on its behalf
$17.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$15.6M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$2.3M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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.
Kate DickensS-3 GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, US Sen. Mark Kirk; Leg Director, Rep. Mike Castle; Foreign Policy Adv, Rep. Connie Morella23 filingsthrough 2021
Michael FerenceS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Pol Adv, Maj Leader Eric Cantor and Maj Whip Roy Blunt; Leg Asst, Sen. Inhofe23 filingsthrough 2021
Todd WootenS-3 GroupCovered position: Leg Dir, Sen. Stabenow; Prof Staff Ag, ENR, Finance Committee20 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 91 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: the-internet-association.
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.
CSP
67 filings
$17M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
62 filings
$15.4M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
52 filings
$11.5M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
47 filings
$14.7M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
33 filings
$8.1M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
29 filings
$8.1M on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
25 filings
$10.8M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
17 filings
$8.2M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
7 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
6 filings
$300K 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.
114th Congress
Innovation Act
14 filingsthrough 2016
S. 356114th CongressElectronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 201514 filingsthrough 2016
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.
through 2021
Gina Grandinetti WoodworthThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Staff Dir., Senate Republican High Tech Task Force20 filingsthrough 2017
Robert CollinsS-3 GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Maj Leader Eric Cantor19 filingsthrough 2021
Matt BravoS-3 GroupCovered position: Director of Floor Operations for Maj. Whip Steve Scalise; Prof Staff, E&C; Floor Asst to Maj. Leader Eric Cantor18 filingsthrough 2021
Michael LemonThe Internet Association16 filingsthrough 2021
Michael BloomThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Staff Asst., Dir. of Intergovernmental Affairs, Dep. Policy Dir. and Sr. Advisor - House Democratic Leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Policy Associate, Dep. Policy Dir. and Dir. of Intergovernmental Affairs - Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi16 filingsthrough 2020
Brian PetersFranklin Square Group, LLC16 filingsthrough 2016
Ryan TripletteFranklin Square Group, LLC16 filingsthrough 2016
Kara Calvert CampbellFranklin Square Group, LLC16 filingsthrough 2016
Michaeleen Earle CrowellS-3 GroupCovered position: Leg Director, Rep. Denise Majette; Leg Director, Rep. John Lewis; Chief of Staff, US Sen. Bernie Sanders15 filingsthrough 2021
Kevin CaseyS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Pol Dir, Dem Caucus; Counselor, Leg. Dir, Leg. Asst, Rep. Joseph Crowley; Staff Asst, Leg. Correspondent, Rep. Bob Weygand15 filingsthrough 2021
Barry LasalaAvoq, LLCCovered position: Counsel, Senate Small Business Committee13 filingsthrough 2021
Amy MurphyThe Internet Association13 filingsthrough 2020
Anastasios ManatosThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Acting Deputy Press Secty, Sen. Paul Sarbannes13 filingsthrough 2016
Michael BeckermanThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Dep. Staff Dir., House Energy & Commerce Cmte. ; ; LD., Rep. Mike Conaway; Policy Dir., LC, LA, Rep. Fed Upton ; ; LD., Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition13 filingsthrough 2015
Natalie Farr HarrisonAvoq, LLCCovered position: CoS, Deputy CoS, Sen. Gardner; CoS, LD, Rep. Gardner; Professional Staff, Rep. Study Comm.; LA - Dept of Labor; LA, Rep. Shadegg, Proj. Asst., Rep. Policy Comm.12 filingsthrough 2021
Ellen SchrantzThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Counsel, Rep. Darrell Issa; Senior/Legislative Assistant, Rep. Darrell Issa; Counsel, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Legislative Assistant & Correspondent, Rep. Ed Whitfield.10 filingsthrough 2017
Jordan HaasThe Internet AssociationCovered position: Director, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.8 filingsthrough 2019
James RyanAvoq, LLCCovered position: LaFollette Law Fellow, S. Jud Cmte, S/C on Juv Jus; Legal Extern, H. Jud Cmte, Subcmte Crime/Crim Jus; Legal Counsel, Sen. Reid; Leg Dir. & General Counsel, Sen. Reid; Chief Counsel, Flr Pol. Dir., Asst. Dem Ldr/Whip7 filingsthrough 2020
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 Leader7 filingsthrough 2020
Patrick BouslimanAvoq, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff, Senate Finance; Acting Chief, Healthcare, Senate Finance; Professional Staff, Health Senate Finance; Leg Asst., Senator Baucus7 filingsthrough 2020
Ed KutlerAvoq, LLC7 filingsthrough 2020
Covered positions · 39 of 49 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
