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: wayne-county-michigan.
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.
24 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Urban Development/Municipalities
URB
23 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
22 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Medicare/Medicaid
MMM
20 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT
20 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
9 filings
$690K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
8 filings
$210K on those filings
Roads/Highway
ROD
8 filings
$210K on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW
5 filings
$290K on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
5 filings
$90K 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.
4 filings
through 2008
H.R. 5613110th CongressProtecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 20084 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5818110th CongressNeighborhood Stabilization Act of 20084 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 5830110th CongressFHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 20084 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2636110th CongressForeclosure Prevention Act of 20084 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 3080113th CongressWater Resources Reform and Development Act of 20143 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 1174111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 3590111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4690111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 4872111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 5236111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
S. 1619111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.3 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 1195110th CongressSAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 20083 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.
Marek GootmanSquire Patton Boggs9 filingsthrough 2010
Kevin F KellyClark Hill, PLCCovered position: Chief Counsel/Floor Asst, Sec of the Democratic Conference; Chief Clerk/Maj Staff Dir, Senate VA/HUD Approps Subcomm8 filingsthrough 2021
Nick GiordanoErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel and Leg. Director Sen. Baucus (1993-1995) ; ; Chief Tax Counsel Sen. Finance Dem. staff (1997-1999)4 filingsthrough 2009
Labrenda Garrett-NelsonErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Sr. Leg. Counsel - JCT (1982-1987)4 filingsthrough 2009
Francis GrabErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Tax Counsel Rep. Matsui (1998-2001) ; ; LA Rep. Becerra (1997-1998) ; ; LA Rep. Kleczka (1996-1997) ; ; Leg. Fellow Sen. Lautenberg (1995-1996)4 filingsthrough 2009
Tara BradshawErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Comm. Dir., President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform (2005) ; ; Public Affairs Specialist, Dept. of Treasury (2001-2004) ; ; Press Sec.& Dep. Com.Dir.- Senate Finance Com. (1999-2001) ; ; Intern - Rep. Steny Hoyer (May 1992)4 filingsthrough 2009
Gary GasperErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst. to IRS Commissioner (Treasury Dept.) (1989-1992) ; ; Sr. Asst. to Asst. Secretary of Treasury (1992-1993)4 filingsthrough 2009
Donna S FlynnErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Leg. Director - Rep. Bill Archer (1988-1994) ; ; Staff Director Ways & Means Subcom. Oversight (1995-1998)4 filingsthrough 2009
Robert M RozenErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: LA Sen. Ford (1980-1985) ; ; LA and Leg. Counsel Sen. Mitchell (1985-1994) ; ; Leg. Counsel Sen.Maj. Leader Mitchell (1989-1994)4 filingsthrough 2009
John David PorterErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst. to Asst. Sec. PWBA(Dept. of Labor) (1989-1992)4 filingsthrough 2009
Anne Elizabeth PhelpsErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Special Asst.toPresident (Domestic Policy/Health) 2001-2002 ; ; Bush Transition Team (Health Policy staff) 2000 ; ; Staff Director Sen. Frist (1997-2000) ; ; Health Policy Fellow Sen. Kassebaum (1996) ; ; Leg. Analyst NIH (1995-1997) ; ; Leg. Officer NIH (1992-1995) ; ; Program Analyst NIH (1991)4 filingsthrough 2009
Dave KoshgarianErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Chief of Staff Rep. Cardin (1987-2002)4 filingsthrough 2009
John L DoneyErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Asst.Sec. to Senate Minority (1988-1995) ; ; Asst. Sec. to Sen. Majority (Oct. 1995-1996)4 filingsthrough 2009
Amy SwongerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Whip Liason - Sen. Min.Whip Lott (2007) ; ; Dep.Asst. Leg.Affairs - VP Cheney (2004-2006) ; ; Floor Asst. Sen.Maj. Whip McConnell (2003-2004) ; ; LA Sen.Maj/Min. Leader Lott (2001-2002) ; ; LA Rep. Walter Jones (1996-2000) ; ; Summer Intern Rep. Walter Jones (summer 1995)4 filingsthrough 2009
Jeffrey Paul PetrichErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Counsel - H.Com. Nat. Resources (1987-2008)4 filingsthrough 2009
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Staff Associate Ways&Means Com. & Rep. Herger (93-97) ; ; Active, Reserve & MD National Guard; US Army Staff Sergeant4 filingsthrough 2009
Holly A BodeErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: HHS, Special Asst. Office of Asst. Sec. Leg. (1994-1999) ; ; Rep. Sander Levin, LA (10/1993 - 11/1994) ; ; Senate Com. on Aging, LC (12/1985 - 10/1993)4 filingsthrough 2009
Richard MeltzerErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Transition Coordinator Speaker of House Pelosi (2006-2007) ; ; General Counsel H.Com. on Nat. Resources (1991-1994)3 filingsthrough 2009
Covered positions · 24 of 36 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
