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.
Insurance
INS
96 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
29 filings
$840K on those filings
Transportation
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 28 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 224116th CongressTo amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold.16 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1285119th CongressWater Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 202510 filingsthrough 2026
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-surety-fidelity-association-of-america.
fees reported
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Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee paid to an outside firm. See the full list.
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.
TRA
13 filings
$642K 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.
119th Congress
Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025
10 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 1740118th CongressTo amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes.9 filingsthrough 2024
S. 638117th CongressPromoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act9 filingsthrough 2021
H.R. 1641117th CongressPromoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act8 filingsthrough 2021
S. 2928118th CongressWater Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 20237 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2949117th CongressTo amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold.7 filingsthrough 2021
H.R. 776113th CongressSecurity in Bonding Act of 20147 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 3534112th CongressSecurity in Bonding Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 6359116th CongressPromoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act3 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1526114th CongressConstruction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 20153 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 5297111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 838114th CongressSecurity in Bonding Act of 20152 filingsthrough 2015
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.
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-2006
23 filingsthrough 2025
Mike NielsenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001; Staff Director Subcommittee Financial Institutions 2002-06; Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2007-10; Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee 2007-1023 filingsthrough 2025
John StipicevicCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014; Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-201523 filingsthrough 2025
Alex RenjelCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-201323 filingsthrough 2025
Scott RiplingerCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (4) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller, 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo, 2005 - 200723 filingsthrough 2025
Daniel WankeThe Surety & Fidelity Association of America22 filingsthrough 2018
Lynn SchubertThe Surety & Fidelity Association of America19 filingsthrough 2014
Jay CranfordCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007-Dec 2010; Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan 2011-May 1, 201118 filingsthrough 2024
Dalton Matthew DefendisThe Surety & Fidelity Association of AmericaCovered position: Director of Government Affairs18 filingsthrough 2021
Amber KirchhoeferCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Professional Staff, Joint Economic Committee 2001-2002; Legislative Assistant, Policy Adviser, Senior Policy Adviser, Legislative Director - Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2002-2010; Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff - Sen. Pat Roberts 2011-202015 filingsthrough 2024
Devin GirardiThe Surety & Fidelity Association of America14 filingsthrough 2019
Aaron L SzaboCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-201813 filingsthrough 2023
Edward GallagherThe Surety & Fidelity Association of America12 filingsthrough 2012
Tim PatakiCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (4) Assistant to the President, Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2019 - January 2021)11 filingsthrough 2023
Lee CovingtonThe Surety & Fidelity Association of AmericaCovered position: President & CEO10 filingsthrough 2022
Warren J. TryonCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Deputy Staff Director, House Financial Services Committee; Deputy Chief of Staff & LD, Rep. Spencer Bachus.10 filingsthrough 2020
Joseph EannelloCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Yoder; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jerry Weller.10 filingsthrough 2020
SAMUEL A CARRADINE jrThe Surety & Fidelity Association of America10 filingsthrough 2013
Alex GleasonThe Surety & Fidelity Association of AmericaCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ed Royce Legislative Aide, Rep. Ed Royce Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, Rep. Ed Royce8 filingsthrough 2026
Patrick RussellThe Surety & Fidelity Association of AmericaCovered position: Director of Government Affairs7 filingsthrough 2024
Martha Beatrice MillerCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022.7 filingsthrough 2024
Aaron CohenCapitol Counsel LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff & Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Ensign; Legislative Aide, Sen. Richard Bryan; Legislative Corresp., Sen. Richard Bryan.7 filingsthrough 2020
Travis ConeCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (4) Staff Director, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 2019-2020; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Republicans, 2021-20246 filingsthrough 2025
Jill HamakerCgcn Group, LLC6 filingsthrough 2024
Susan GriffithsCgcn Group, LLC6 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 20 of 32 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
