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.
Computer Industry
CPI
80 filings
$10.6M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
52 filings
$9.7M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 91 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1560114th CongressTo improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes.16 filingsthrough 2016
Michael J. KennedyVmware, Inc.Covered position: COS- Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Nov. 2010- June 2014), Intern- Sen. Robert Bennet (Summer 1997)36 filingsthrough 2022
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: vmware-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.
48 filings
$9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
47 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
44 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Defense
DEF
43 filings
$9.1M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV
36 filings
$1M on those filings
Intelligence
INT
35 filings
$8.9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
28 filings
$2M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
28 filings
$1.9M on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM
15 filings
$5.2M on those filings
Manufacturing
MAN
10 filings
$335K 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
National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015
14 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3010115th CongressPromoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 201711 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1691115th CongressInternet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1735114th CongressNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 201610 filingsthrough 2016
S. 754114th CongressAn act to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes.10 filingsthrough 2016
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.
28 filingsthrough 2023
Robert D. LehmanWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPCovered position: CoS Portman 11-15; CoS OMB 06-07; CoS USTR 05-06; CoS Rep Portman 03-05; CoS Rep Combest 93-03; LD/LA Rep Combest; Lobby Spec. House Clerk 88-8927 filingsthrough 2023
Matthew TanielianFranklin Square Group, LLC21 filingsthrough 2017
Brian PetersFranklin Square Group, LLC21 filingsthrough 2017
Ryan TripletteFranklin Square Group, LLC21 filingsthrough 2017
Kara Calvert CampbellFranklin Square Group, LLC21 filingsthrough 2017
David LugarThe Lugar Group (Fka Lugar Hellmann Group)17 filingsthrough 2021
Ralph HellmannThe Lugar Group (Fka Lugar Hellmann Group)16 filingsthrough 2020
Nicole Alexander MortierThe Lugar Group (Fka Lugar Hellmann Group)Covered position: Legislative Assistant Representative Cliff Stearns Legislative Director Representative Pete Olson15 filingsthrough 2020
Jennifer StewartUnited by Interest, LLC.Covered position: Eddie Bernice Johnson, 2000- 2002, Legislative Assistant; Gregory Meeks, 2002- 2005, Legislative Director14 filingsthrough 2022
Mike WilliamsUnited by Interest, LLC.Covered position: White House 1995-1999, Special assistant to the President for legislative affairs14 filingsthrough 2022
Ebony SimpsonUnited by Interest, LLC.Covered position: William Jefferson, 2007- 2009, Legislative Assistant; Hank Johnson, 2009- 2012, Office Manager/Scheduler14 filingsthrough 2022
Yvesner ZamarUnited by Interest, LLC.Covered position: ​January 2019 - February 2020, Senior Legislative Assistant - Office of Congresswoman Deb Haaland; December 2019 - January 2019, Legislative Counsel - Office of Congresswoman Brenda Jones;; March 2014 - November 2018, Legislative Counsel - Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr.;October 2013 - February 2014, Legislative Intern - Office of Congressman Alcee L. Hastings14 filingsthrough 2022
John ScofieldS-3 GroupCovered position: Dep Press Sec, US Sen Mark Hatfield; Press Sec, Rep. Frank LoBiondo; Comm Dir, House Approps13 filingsthrough 2019
Martin DelgadoS-3 GroupCovered position: Staff Dir, House Ag Approps; Prof Staff, MilCon/VA Approps, APHIS Budget Analyst13 filingsthrough 2019
Kate DickensS-3 GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, US Sen. Mark Kirk; Leg Director, Rep. Mike Castle; Foreign Policy Adv, Rep. Connie Morella12 filingsthrough 2019
Christopher C CoxNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs to President George W. Bush12 filingsthrough 2017
Rachelle CelebrezzeVmware, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Counsel, US Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel (2010-2014)11 filingsthrough 2023
Robert G EfrusEfrus Federal Advisors LLC11 filingsthrough 2015
Jonathan JacksonUnited by Interest, LLC.Covered position: (3) Staff Assistant, United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation, 08/2009 - 01/201110 filingsthrough 2022
James L PittsNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Spencer Abraham10 filingsthrough 2017
Ricky LeVmware, Inc.Covered position: Staff Assistant/Scheduler, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (99-00); Policy Advisor, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (05-09); Professional Staff, Committee on House Administration & Deputy Chief of Staff/Counsel, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (09-12); Chief of Staff, Rep. Eric Swalwell (12-18)9 filingsthrough 2021
Josh FinestoneNavigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Dean Heller9 filingsthrough 2017
David RedlSalt Point StrategiesCovered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, Dept. of Commerce/ Nat'l Telecom. and Info Admin; Chief Counsel, House Committee on Energy and Commerce8 filingsthrough 2023
