43 filings from 2 registrants · 2010–2021 · latest filed May 7, 2021
Reported on its behalf
$1.9M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.9M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
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: we-are-golf.
fees reported
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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.
BUD
30 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
DIS
30 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
20 filings
$850K on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN
11 filings
$510K on those filings
Small Business
SMB
5 filings
$200K 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
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
8 filingsthrough 2016
S. 330114th CongressConservation Easement Incentive Act of 20158 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1115th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.5 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1116th CongressFor the People Act of 20194 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 6201116th CongressFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act4 filingsthrough 2020
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.
Forbes-Tate
Covered position: Legislative Director, Senator Richard Shelby Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Shelby Legislative Correspondent, Senator Richard Shelby
24 filingsthrough 2021
Jeffrey SadoskyForbes-TateCovered position: Communications Director, Senator Rob Portman Communications Director, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Deputy Press Secretary, Senator Mike DeWine21 filingsthrough 2021
Franklyn E. SteinbergForbes-Tate18 filingsthrough 2021
John BuscherForbes-Tate14 filingsthrough 2016
Jerry DriscollForbes-Tate14 filingsthrough 2016
Rick MurphyForbes-TateCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Kelly Ayotte, April 14 - Jan. 1713 filingsthrough 2021
David MarinPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Staff, House Oversight & Gov't Reform Com'te ; ; Legislative Dir. & Press Secy, Rep. Tom Davis12 filingsthrough 2013
Rachel MillerForbes-Tate10 filingsthrough 2015
Cynthia BrownForbes-TateCovered position: Leg Assistant, Rep. Stupak, 1993-1994; Leg Director, Rep. Kind, 1999-2002; Chief of Staff, Rep. Kind, 2003-2009.9 filingsthrough 2021
Francesca MccraryForbes-TateCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Elijah Cummings (2016-2017); Professional Staff, House Oversight Reform Committee (2016-2016).8 filingsthrough 2021
Oscar RamirezPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor ; ; Chief of Staff to Rep. Hilda Solis ; ; Deputy Chief of Staff for Rep. Al Green ; ; Legislative Director for Rep. Joe Baca8 filingsthrough 2013
ARANTHAN JONES iiPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Policy Director, Rep James Clyburn ; ; Chief of Staff & Policy Adv., Rep. Andre Carson ; ; Health Policy Dir., Congressional Black Caucus7 filingsthrough 2012
Jaime R HarrisonPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Floor Operations/Counsel, Hs. Majority Whip ; ; Executive Director, House Democratic Caucus6 filingsthrough 2013
Derrick M WhiteForbes-TateCovered position: Deputy Press Secretary, Senator Orrin Hatch5 filingsthrough 2018
Paul BrathwaitePodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Intern, Rep. Michael N. Castle5 filingsthrough 2013
John ScofieldPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Press Secretary, Rep. Frank LoBiondo ; ; Assistant Press Secretary, Sen. Mark Hatfield ; ; Communication Dir. House Approps Com'ttee5 filingsthrough 2011
Andrew J LewinPodesta Group, Inc.4 filingsthrough 2013
Nicole C YoungPodesta Group, Inc.3 filingsthrough 2013
Michael J QuarantaPodesta Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael N. Castle2 filingsthrough 2013
