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 Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research
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-michael-j-fox-foundation-for-parkinsons-research.
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.
40 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Pharmacy
PHA
38 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
38 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Veterans
VET
31 filings
$2.2M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
27 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
13 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
MED
7 filings
$199K 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
Safe Step Act
10 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 2080117th CongressSAVE Act of 20219 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 432117th CongressMental Health Access Improvement Act of 20219 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1064118th CongressNational Plan to End Parkinson’s Act8 filingsthrough 2024
S. 269118th CongressProtect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act8 filingsthrough 2024
S. 652118th CongressSafe Step Act8 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2916117th CongressVA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 3321117th CongressCredit for Caring Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1467117th CongressVA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
S. 1670117th CongressCredit for Caring Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
S. 2061117th CongressTelemental Health Care Access Act of 20218 filingsthrough 2022
S. 253117th CongressCannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act8 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 230116th CongressBan Toxic Pesticides Act of 20198 filingsthrough 2020
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.
Dustin WatsonThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Director of Government Relations
17 filingsthrough 2025
Aaron PolacekThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Associate Director, Public Policy14 filingsthrough 2021
Sallie James WeartThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Senior Legislative Assistant, AmeriCorps (formerly Corporation for National and Community Service)13 filingsthrough 2026
Drew Charles HatterThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Legislative Assistant, US House of Representatives13 filingsthrough 2026
Stephanie Johanna KatzThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Senior Associate Director, Public Policy13 filingsthrough 2020
Jackson ClarkLewis-Burke Associates, LLCCovered position: Paid Intern - District Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar11 filingsthrough 2026
Megan MayThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research8 filingsthrough 2023
Susan SweatCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)8 filingsthrough 2022
Erik FatemiCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Prof Staff Senate Approps Cmte (Byrd, Inouye, Mikulski)8 filingsthrough 2022
Mark RayderAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: LA, Rep. Tom Latham; LA, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen; District Rep., Rep. Dean Gallo.7 filingsthrough 2026
Robert SigginsAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy.7 filingsthrough 2026
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.7 filingsthrough 2026
James Patrick PaluskiewiczAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Chief Counsel, House Health Subcommittee; Professional Staff, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Legislative Dir./Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Burgess; Legislative Dir., Rep. Charlie Norwood; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Tubbs Jones.7 filingsthrough 2026
Srinivas SontiLewis-Burke Associates, LLCCovered position: Temporary Professional Staff - United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senior Policy Advisor-Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Research Director-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).7 filingsthrough 2025
Alexander GrafAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services; Senate Finance Health Subcommittee Staff Director, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Deputy Scheduler, Staff Assistant, Senator Debbie Stabenow.5 filingsthrough 2026
Nora EigenbrodtThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research5 filingsthrough 2022
Danielle Mutone-SmithThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: USAID - Senior Policy and Program Officer, USAID - Policy Team Leader, USAID - Division Chief for Policy, Partnerships, Programs & Communications, USAID - Senior Policy Advisor, USAID - Managing Director4 filingsthrough 2026
Grant CopeThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S ResearchCovered position: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Senior Counselor, EPA - Senior Counselor to the Administrator4 filingsthrough 2026
Michael Anthony PetersonLewis-Burke Associates, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Sen. Leg. Assistant, Leg. Assistant, Leg. Correspondent/Digital Media Specialist, Staff Assistant, Intern, Congressman Peter J. Visclosky4 filingsthrough 2026
Laura FriedelAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Senate Appropriations Committee - Staff Director, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; Legislative Director/Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Shelby; Legislative Assistant, Senator Zell Miller.3 filingsthrough 2026
Michael ParkAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Health Policy Counsel, Senate Finance Committee.3 filingsthrough 2025
Michael SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.3 filingsthrough 2022
Grace Kelley KranstoverThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research3 filingsthrough 2022
Anjali Helena TadavarthyLewis-Burke Associates, LLCCovered position: Paid Intern - Washington DC Office of Senator Tina Smith2 filingsthrough 2026
