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: verizon-communications.
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.
COM
65 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
39 filings
$663K on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
35 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
20 filings
$380K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
19 filings
$955K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
19 filings
$370K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
6 filings
$70K on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
6 filings
$55K on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
4 filings
$80K on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
3 filings
$160K 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
17 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1860112th CongressDigital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 201113 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 690111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.13 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1364113th CongressDigital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 201312 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1002112th CongressWireless Tax Fairness Act of 201112 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 3458111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.12 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3086113th CongressPermanent Internet Tax Freedom Act11 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2248110th CongressFISA Amendments Act of 200810 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4213111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.8 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3919110th CongressBroadband Census of America Act of 20078 filingsthrough 2008
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.
33 filingsthrough 2015
Matthew SchlappCove StrategiesCovered position: Political Director/Deputy Political Director, White HouseChief of Staff, Representative Todd Tiahrt31 filingsthrough 2020
Stephen ReplogleCove StrategiesCovered position: Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Dept of CommerceSenior Policy Advisor, Senate Republican Conference31 filingsthrough 2020
Ronald EritanoThe Normandy Group, LLCCovered position: LegCorr.SenLautenberg/LegAsst.RepDoggett31 filingsthrough 2018
Lea Fisher SulkalaResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Congressman Etheridge (2001-2005)30 filingsthrough 2026
Krista StarkThe Normandy Group, LLC28 filingsthrough 2015
Joseph WestnerWestner AssociatesCovered position: N/A25 filingsthrough 2014
Jeff TrammellTrammell and Company24 filingsthrough 2016
Elizabeth Grey StanleyResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle (2021); Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Lowey (2005-2019); Communications Dir/Press Sec, Congresswoman Lowey (2001-2004); Special Assistant/Scheduler, Senator Schumer (1999-2000).21 filingsthrough 2026
Dorothy A WalshD&D Strategies, LLC21 filingsthrough 2018
Ashli Scott PalmerResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Floor Director, Majority Whip Clyburn (2019); Policy Director, Assistant Democratic Leader Clyburn (2014-2017); Chief of Staff, Rural Business Agency of USDA (2012-2014); Sr Legislative Assistant Congressman John Spratt (2002-2011).19 filingsthrough 2026
Jeffrey KurzweilVenable LLP18 filingsthrough 2014
William R NordwindVenable LLPCovered position: Counsel, Telecommunications Subcommittee18 filingsthrough 2014
ROBERT L SMITH iiVenable LLPCovered position: Legislative Director, U.S. Rep. Wes Watkins18 filingsthrough 2014
Kara D'Onofrio BylerLiebman & Associates, Inc.17 filingsthrough 2013
N Stuart SpencerTrammell and Company16 filingsthrough 2015
Thomas A ScullyAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Administrator, Consultant, CMS; Counselor to the Director, ; ; Dep. Ass't to the Pres., Dir. for Hum. Res. Vet's and Labor, ; ; Associate Director for Legislative Affairs, OMB13 filingsthrough 2014
Robert C JonesAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Counsel, Sen. Barbara Mikulski; Counsel Senate Approps13 filingsthrough 2014
Bill AnayaAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Congressman John D. Dingell13 filingsthrough 2014
Carolyn E SmithAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Assoc. Dep. Chief of Staff & Leg. Coun., Joint Comm. on Tax.13 filingsthrough 2014
Dana Schneeberger WoodKelley Drye & Warren LLP12 filingsthrough 2021
Jeffrey R SuralAlston & Bird LLPCovered position: Legislative Counsel, Rep. Vernon Ehlers11 filingsthrough 2014
Tim KurthHeartland Strategies LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert11 filingsthrough 2014
Charles Michael ShafferTrammell and Company11 filingsthrough 2013
Ken CunninghamKen Cunningham Group, LLCCovered position: Chf. of Staff and Gen. Counsel for Sen. Grassley11 filingsthrough 2011
Brendan DunnPhronesisdc, LLCCovered position: Staff Mbr and Leg Asst to Sen Hatch Judiciary Comm and Sub-Comm, Apr04-May07, Aug07-May08; Special Counsel to Sen Hatch Fin Comm, Jan 11-Dec 12; Policy Adv and Counsel to Sen McConnell Majority Leader staff, Dec 12-May18.10 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 58 of 103 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
