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.
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: u-s-chamber-of-commerce-institute-for-legal-reform.
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.
BAN
25 filings
$362K on those filings
Constitution
CON
16 filings
$750K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
13 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Bankruptcy
BNK
13 filings
$182K on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
11 filings
$1M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
8 filings
$120K on those filings
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
CIV
5 filings
$800K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
5 filings
$750K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
3 filings
$360K on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
3 filings
$270K 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
FACT Act
13 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4115111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
S. 2805118th CongressProtecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 202311 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 985115th CongressFairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 201711 filingsthrough 2018
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 2018
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-200640 filingsthrough 2018
Gordon Hunter BatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99.38 filingsthrough 2026
Gary LytleCgcn Group, LLC34 filingsthrough 2017
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, 201129 filingsthrough 2018
Ryan ThompsonAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: CoS, Press Secy, Dep Press Secy to Sen Inhofe28 filingsthrough 2026
Ed PaganoAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014; Dep Asst to the President for Leg Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14; CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005-11; Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, 1997-0426 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 2007-1025 filingsthrough 2018
Amy WrenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Finance Director, Majority Leader Tom Delay 2003-2005; Congressional liaison, US Trade & Development Agency 2006-201024 filingsthrough 2017
JAMES TUCKER jrAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg cnsl to Rep Northup, 1999; leg cnsl to Rep Inglis, 1997-99; legal intern to Spkr Gingrich, 199623 filingsthrough 2019
Brian LopinaLungren Lopina LLC20 filingsthrough 2019
Daniel LungrenLungren Lopina LLCCovered position: Member of Congress20 filingsthrough 2019
Christine HesseAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg cnsl, S Bnk Comm, 1996-9919 filingsthrough 2016
Douglas SchwartzCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 201417 filingsthrough 2018
Mike SolonAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Gramm; leg asst to Rep Armey, Jun 87-Nov 8817 filingsthrough 2014
Casey Christine HigginsAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Asst to Spkr for Policy and Trade Cnsl, Paul Ryan, Nov 15-Jan 19; Trade Cncl to House Ways & Means, Jan 15-Nov 15; LC to Rep. Paul Ryan, Oct 11-Jan 15; Law Clrk House Budget Comm, Sep 09-May 10.16 filingsthrough 2025
Geoff VerhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: press aide, S Fin Comm, Aug 99-Nov 0015 filingsthrough 2021
Gordon Hunter Hunter BatesRepublic Consulting, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Mitch McConnellLegal Counsel, Office of Senator Mitch McConnellChief Counsel for Senate Rules Committee15 filingsthrough 2016
Robert W GoodlatteGoodlatte Group, LLC F.K.A. Robert GoodlatteCovered position: Member of Congress 1993-201914 filingsthrough 2026
Hans C RickhoffAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld14 filingsthrough 2021
Matthew BarblanGoodlatte Group, LLC F.K.A. Robert Goodlatte13 filingsthrough 2026
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, 2014-201513 filingsthrough 2018
Deborah PryceCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Member of Congress (OH-15) 1993-200913 filingsthrough 2016
Sam OlswangerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: Leg staff, Rep Webster, Jan 11-Jun 11; intrn, Rep Blackburn, Sep 08-Dec 0812 filingsthrough 2026
Galen RoehlAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldCovered position: LC, Sen. Brownback, Apr. 04-Dec. 04; LA/Sen Jud. Comm, 05-08; Snr Pol Adsr, Sen Judiciary Comm, 08-10; LD, Rep. Connie Mack, Aug 10-Feb 11; Prof Staff Mmbr, Sen Pat Tommey/ Sen Commerce Comm, 2011-13; Plcy Anlst, Sen Republican Policy Comm, 2013-14.12 filingsthrough 2024
Covered positions · 43 of 68 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
