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: united-states-telecom-association.
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
44 filings
$2.4M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
30 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
12 filings
$720K on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
10 filings
$230K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
6 filings
$340K on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
6 filings
$200K on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
6 filings
$200K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
3 filings
$180K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
3 filings
$180K 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.
110th Congress
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008
14 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4510118th CongressNTIA Reauthorization Act of 202411 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1108118th CongressTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to grant a license or construction permit through a system of competitive bidding.9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1123118th CongressUnderstanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1178118th CongressBroadband SALE Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1241118th CongressBroadband Incentives for Communities Act9 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1377118th CongressPromoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 20239 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1812118th CongressReforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 20239 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 2285118th CongressTo provide for a limitation on availability of funds for US Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program for fiscal year 2024.9 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.
Robert DunkelDunkel Government Relations21 filingsthrough 2026
Mike P MullenEmpire Consulting GroupCovered position: Sr. Advisor, Rep. Mike Doyle; and Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Turner15 filingsthrough 2024
Bernard ToonThe Ingram Group LLCCovered position: SrStaff,SenForeignRel;COSDorganBingamanBidenBradleyRoemer15 filingsthrough 2014
Robert A RussellThe Ingram Group LLC15 filingsthrough 2014
Conrad LassOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff/Special Asst, Bureau of Land Management14 filingsthrough 2021
Dean AguillenOgrCovered position: Sr. Advisor/ Director Member Services/ Floor Asst, Rep. Pelosi; Director Intergovt Affairs/ COS Cong. Affairs/ Special Asst, Labor Dept; LA, Rep. Sandlin13 filingsthrough 2022
Robert A RussellThe Simmons & Russell Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Mark Pryor12 filingsthrough 2020
Kyle SimmonsThe Simmons & Russell Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Mitch McConnell12 filingsthrough 2020
Jonathan YarowskySquire Patton BoggsCovered position: GCHouseJudCom82-95; SACPres95-9812 filingsthrough 2013
Geoffrey BasyeDci Group, L.L.C.Covered position: Communications Director for U.S. Paul Gillmor12 filingsthrough 2011
Kyle SimmonsThe Ingram Group LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Mitch McConnell11 filingsthrough 2014
Anne-Marie KelleyMercury Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Dir. of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, Sr. Advisor to Chair, Legislative Specialist--Securities and Exchange Commission; Leg. Coordinator--National Credit Union Admin.; and Leg. Aide & Correspondent, Staff Asst.- Sen. Jim Bunning.9 filingsthrough 2024
Todd NovasconeOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Jerry Moran; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jerry Moran9 filingsthrough 2021
Manuel OrtizQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)9 filingsthrough 2010
Kevin D KayesQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen9 filingsthrough 2010
John David HoppeQga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)Covered position: StaffDir/CoSSenLott,CoS RepJKemp&SenDCoats9 filingsthrough 2010
Brian DiffellRidge Path StrategiesCovered position: Policy Adv., Sen Repub Conf.; Leg. Dir., Sen. Blunt; Leg. Dir., Rep. Blunt; Sr. Policy Adv., House Repub Whip; Sr. Policy Adv., House Maj. Whip; Research Analyst, House Maj. Whip; Spec. Asst. to the Chief Deputy Whip8 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 53 of 74 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
