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.
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this client's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
Brian K. FitzpatrickR-Pennsylvania-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 10073 +54 more
1,477 filings
7 lobbyists
Michael LawlerR-New York-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 13, H.R. 1013 +64 more
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: united-airlines-inc.
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.
TAX
118 filings
$61M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
86 filings
$31.2M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
47 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
24 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
19 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
17 filings
$6.7M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
15 filings
$8.2M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
11 filings
$13.1M on those filings
Retirement
RET
11 filings
$6.3M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
10 filings
$5.1M 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.
116th Congress
CARES Act
27 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3185118th CongressDCA Act of 202322 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 4115th CongressFAA Reauthorization Act of 201819 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 3353115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 201818 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1655115th CongressTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 201818 filingsthrough 2018
S. 596115th CongressSEAT Act of 201714 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 658112th CongressFAA Modernization and Reform Act of 201214 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 5376118th CongressShare the Savings with Seniors Act13 filingsthrough 2024
S. 1838118th CongressCredit Card Competition Act of 202313 filingsthrough 2024
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.
Angie CraigD-Minnesota-AL
Bills: H.R. 1139, H.R. 1197, H.R. 1262 +35 more
1,018 filings
5 lobbyists
Young KimR-California-AL
Bills: H.Con.Res. 12, H.R. 1059, H.R. 1139 +26 more
1,010 filings
7 lobbyists
Shelley Moore CapitoR-West Virginia
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1111, S. 1212 +43 more
933 filings
6 lobbyists
Eleanor Holmes NortonD-District of Columbia-AL
Bills: H.R. 10073, H.R. 1062, H.R. 1139 +51 more
893 filings
5 lobbyists
Peter WelchD-Vermont
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1095, S. 1096 +38 more
780 filings
6 lobbyists
Marsha BlackburnR-Tennessee
Bills: S. 1032, S. 1173, S. 1241 +37 more
769 filings
7 lobbyists
Lisa Blunt RochesterD-Delaware
Bills: H.R. 1059, H.R. 1139, H.R. 20 +27 more
733 filings
5 lobbyists
James P. McGovernD-Massachusetts-AL
Bills: H.R. 1059, H.R. 1139, H.R. 1262 +19 more
728 filings
7 lobbyists
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this client's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
United Airlines, Inc.
51 filingsthrough 2026
David J SchiappaThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: US Senate--Secretary for the Majority/Secretary for the Mino47 filingsthrough 2026
Maura Mcgovern KantakevichUnited Airlines, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, then Deputy Chief of Staff; Congressman John Boehner(2007-2016). Legislative Correspondent, Congresswoman Deborah Pryce (2006-2007). Staff Assistant, House Financial Services Committee (May-August 2005).47 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas MichelsUnited Airlines, Inc.Covered position: L.A. & Leg. Dir., Sen. Mary Landrieu, 2006-2010.45 filingsthrough 2026
William S. SingerSinger Consulting LLC45 filingsthrough 2019
Jack SchenendorfCovington & Burling LLP44 filingsthrough 2019
David C WhitestoneHolland & Knight LLP40 filingsthrough 2018
Tony EssalihCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley)39 filingsthrough 2026
Michelle MrdezaCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Prof Staff; House Approps (Lewis, Young, Livingston)39 filingsthrough 2021
Jack Steven HartWilliams and Jensen, PLLC39 filingsthrough 2018
Christopher W HatcherWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: Sch. C, Treasury; LD, Rep Scott McInnis38 filingsthrough 2018
David RuddPalmetto GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff for Senator Fritz Hollings37 filingsthrough 2017
Daniel P MeyerThe Duberstein Group Inc.Covered position: Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush36 filingsthrough 2019
Susan HirschmannWilliams and Jensen, PLLCCovered position: COS, Rep Van Hilleary and Majority Whip36 filingsthrough 2018
David RuddAlignment Government StrategiesCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Fritz Hollings35 filingsthrough 2026
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Representative Zoe Lofgren;
Director of Congressional Relations, FTC;
Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, Vice President Gore;
Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum33 filingsthrough 2026
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy;
General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference33 filingsthrough 2026
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee;
Policy Advisor/Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Representative Tom DeLay;
Legislative Director, Representative Hal Rogers;; Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Ralph Regula;
Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bob Franks;
Legislative Assistant, Representative Hal Rogers;; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee;
Staff Assistant, Representative Bud Shuster33 filingsthrough 2026
Nancy H Van DuyneUnited Airlines, Inc.Covered position: n/a32 filingsthrough 2016
William SmithCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte30 filingsthrough 2026
Nichole DistefanoMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill30 filingsthrough 2026
Melinda M MaxfieldWilliams and Jensen, PLLC30 filingsthrough 2017
Matthew B HoekstraWilliams and Jensen, PLLC29 filingsthrough 2018
Denis DwyerWilliams and Jensen, PLLC29 filingsthrough 2016
Paul ThornellMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle26 filingsthrough 2026
David A StarrWilliams and Jensen, PLLC26 filingsthrough 2016
Erik PrinceUnited Airlines, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, 2018-2019, Rep. Stacey Plaskett; Legislative Assistant, 2007-2008, Rep. GK Butterfield; Legislative Aide, 2005-2007, Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.25 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 111 of 152 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
