141 filings from 7 registrants · 2012–2025 · latest filed Jan 16, 2026
Reported on its behalf
$4.5M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$220K
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$4.3M
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Transportation
TRA
125 filings
$4.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
36 filings
$1.1M on those filings
Government Issues
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 35 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 3163116th CongressMaking appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3684117th CongressInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act5 filingsthrough 2021
John A MerriganDla Piper LLP (US)39 filingsthrough 2021
David Joseph LeiterPlurus Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Wendell Ford; Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kerry; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy35 filingsthrough 2025
Michael HersonAmerican Defense InternationalCovered position: Spec Asst to Asst Sec Def, Force Mgmt & Prsnnl33 filingsthrough 2020
Nathaniel James BellDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Robert Andrews
The filings
The 20 most recent of 141 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-northeast-maglev-llc.
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.
GOV
6 filings
$140K 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.
5 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 749114th CongressPassenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 20155 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4348113th CongressTransferring Credits for College Completion Act of 20144 filingsthrough 2013
H.R. 7112th CongressAmerican Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 9028118th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20253 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1931117th CongressSurface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 20213 filingsthrough 2021
H.R. 4820118th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20242 filingsthrough 2023
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.
28 filingsthrough 2021
Lawrence E LevinsonDla Piper LLP (US)20 filingsthrough 2017
Jean CornellPlurus Strategies, LLC17 filingsthrough 2025
Marc LampkinBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Policy Dir Senate Republican Conf Sectys office, General Counsel House Republican Conference, Staff/Counsel House Education and Labor Comm15 filingsthrough 2020
Brian WildBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Senior Advisor-Office of Speaker John Boehner; Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs- VP Cheney; Chief of Staff-Rep. Pat Toomey; Legislative Assistant- Sen. Hank Brown15 filingsthrough 2020
Sarah C. LitkePlurus Strategies, LLC14 filingsthrough 2020
R. James NicholsonBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Secretary Dept of Veterans Affairs; Ambassador to Holy See Dept of State9 filingsthrough 2018
Alfred MotturBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Sr Communications Counsel Senate Commerce Comm; Communications Counsel Senate Commerce Comm; Law Clerk Federal District Court Bangor, ME; Communications Counsel-Sen. Commerce Com; Law Clerk-Federal District Court-Bangor, ME8 filingsthrough 2020
Elizabeth Anne MaierBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Leg Dir Sen Jon Kyl; Sen Policy Advisor Sen Jon Kyl; Leg Asst Sen Jon Kyl; Leg Asst Rep Jon Kyl; Prof Staff House Sel Comm on Children Youth & Families8 filingsthrough 2020
Matthew C BernsteinDla Piper LLP (US)8 filingsthrough 2017
Zachary RadfordThe Northeast Maglev, LLCCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Legislative Assistant and Counsel, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester; Legislative Aide, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester6 filingsthrough 2020
Geoffrey Grant BurrBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff at US DOT; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at US DOL6 filingsthrough 2020
Olivia GardnerPlurus Strategies, LLCCovered position: Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration5 filingsthrough 2021
Brian Thomas McguireBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Chief Speechwriter, HUD; Chief Speechwriter, Sen Mitch McConnell; Deputy Comm Dir, Sen Mitch McConnell; Acting Staff Dir, Republican Comm Center, Sen Mitch McConnell; Chief of Staff, Sen Mitch McConnell5 filingsthrough 2018
Timothy W JenkinsBallard Spahr LLP4 filingsthrough 2021
Darien Bailey FlowersBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Legislative Aide, Senator Bill Cassidy; Research Assistant, Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcomm on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce4 filingsthrough 2017
Ignacio E SanchezDla Piper LLP (US)3 filingsthrough 2018
Luke JohnsonBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: SenPolicyAdv Sen Robert Bennett; Dep Dir of Policy&Programs BLM; ChfofStaff BLM; ChfofCong/Leg Affrs Bur of Reclamation; LegAst Sen Robert Bennett; LegStaff Hs Nat Res Comm; LegAst Rep James Hansen; LegCorr Sen Robert Bennett; Intern Rep James Hansen3 filingsthrough 2018
David LeiterMl Strategies, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Wendell Ford; Prin Dep Asst Sec Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy - DOE; Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kerry3 filingsthrough 2017
Michael Newbold CastleDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Member of Congress3 filingsthrough 2017
Charles DentDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Member of Congress2 filingsthrough 2020
Sarah C LitkeMl Strategies, LLC2 filingsthrough 2017
Steven R PhillipsDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Legislative Director, Sen. Jesse Helms1 filingthrough 2017
John SonsallaBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP1 filingthrough 2017
Covered positions · 19 of 30 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
