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.
Defense
DEF
178 filings
$6.6M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
76 filings
$2.6M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 50 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
S. 765114th CongressA bill to appropriately determine the budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts.9 filingsthrough 2016
S. 858114th CongressEnergy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 20159 filingsthrough 2016
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-technologies-corporation.
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.
58 filings
$2.1M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
51 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
49 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Aerospace
AER
40 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Housing
HOU
19 filings
$510K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
19 filings
$510K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
15 filings
$400K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
9 filings
$480K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
9 filings
$370K on those filings
Education
EDU
6 filings
$280K 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.
115th Congress
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2017
6 filingsthrough 2018
S. 385115th CongressEnergy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act6 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1392113th CongressEnergy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 20136 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 5136111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.5 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1460115th CongressEnergy and Natural Resources Act of 20174 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 4444114th CongressEPS Improvement Act of 20164 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 8114th CongressNorth American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 20154 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2012114th CongressEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 20164 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 4435113th CongressHoward P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20154 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2410113th CongressCarl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20154 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2009
H.R. 2647111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
S. 3729111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
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.
Etherton and Associates, Inc.
Covered position: Prof. Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Comm
Greg LanklerMercury Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: House Appropriations Committee (2001-2011);Legislative Director, Rep. Bill Young (1990-2001)34 filingsthrough 2019
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, ; ; Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House ; ; Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy ; ; Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res ; ; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, ; ; Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz34 filingsthrough 2017
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC ; ; Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum34 filingsthrough 2017
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, ; ; Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett34 filingsthrough 2017
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep Norm ; ; Mineta; EA, Rep. David Markey34 filingsthrough 2017
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel ; ; and Policy Director, House Republican Conference34 filingsthrough 2017
Scott W ReedChesapeake Enterprises31 filingsthrough 2018
George Robb RogersWexler | Walker, a Unit of HILL+KNOWLTON Strategies, LLCCovered position: Assistant to the Speaker for Policy, US House; Counsel & Policy Advisor, US House; General Counsel, Rules Committee; Counsel, Govt. Reform Committee US House; Legislative Assistant, US Senate28 filingsthrough 2018
Kelly Rucker BingelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln25 filingsthrough 2015
Kevin BattehDelta Strategy GroupCovered position: CFTC Detailee, Senate Ag Cmte; Counsel, CFTC24 filingsthrough 2020
Alex VogelMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist21 filingsthrough 2014
ALLEN L THOMPSON iiiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security21 filingsthrough 2014
Stacey RampyMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer20 filingsthrough 2014
Geoff DavisRepublic Consulting, LLCCovered position: former Member of COngress19 filingsthrough 2018
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Slaughter19 filingsthrough 2017
Philip GroneFindlay & Western Strategies, LLCCovered position: DUSD(I&E), PADUSD(I&E), PSM HASC, PSM JCOC, LA Rep Gradison19 filingsthrough 2016
Brian WildMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown15 filingsthrough 2014
Kwon Young Lee ParkDelta Strategy Group14 filingsthrough 2018
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh14 filingsthrough 2017
Jeff MackinnonFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE12 filingsthrough 2018
Joseph V VasapoliFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee12 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffery C. MortierFarragut Partners LLPCovered position: Prof Staff on E&C Cmte, LA Rep Whitfield and Intern Devin Nunes12 filingsthrough 2018
Jonathan Russell HogansonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus ; ; Leg Dir, Rep. Rahm Emanuel12 filingsthrough 2012
Chester Trent LottSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: US Senator, January 1989-December 2007; US Congressman, January 1972-December 198911 filingsthrough 2020
Covered positions · 89 of 125 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
