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: wells-fargo-company.
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.
TAX
120 filings
$69.1M on those filings
Housing
HOU
88 filings
$78.4M on those filings
Small Business
SMB
76 filings
$76M on those filings
Bankruptcy
BNK
45 filings
$10.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
38 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
37 filings
$48.5M on those filings
Veterans
VET
22 filings
$9M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
16 filings
$7M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
15 filings
$3.6M on those filings
Indian/Native American Affairs
IND
12 filings
$352K 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.
113th Congress
Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
11 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 634113th CongressBusiness Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 201311 filingsthrough 2014
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.
Covered position:
41 filingsthrough 2021
Margaret SimmonsWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Staff member, Senator Tom Carper41 filingsthrough 2019
Paul BrathwaiteFederal Street Strategies, LLCCovered position: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, Department of Labor; Chief of Staff, ESA, Department of Labor; Special Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor.37 filingsthrough 2026
John HandWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: House Republican Whip in the U.S. Congress, Special Assistant (2005-2007).35 filingsthrough 2026
Christopher M RoselloWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Leg Dir. Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy35 filingsthrough 2017
Michael Dee BuchananOgrCovered position: COS,RepConf;COS/DCOS/LD,Hensarling;Dir,Gramm34 filingsthrough 2026
David OxnerCogent Strategies LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Sen. Jerry Moran // Prof. Staff, House Financial Services Cmte. // Leg. Assistant/Policy Coordinator, Rep. Paul Gillmor34 filingsthrough 2026
Moses MercadoOgrCovered position: Dep Chief of Staff, Gephardt; Chief of Staff, Green33 filingsthrough 2026
Gordon TaylorOgrCovered position: COS/LD/Coun,John;Leg Asst/Press Secy,Hayes33 filingsthrough 2026
Dean AguillenOgrCovered position: Advr, Pelosi; Dir Intgvt Aff, Labor; LA, Sandlin33 filingsthrough 2026
Meghan SullivanWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Staff Assistant, Senator John Sununu.31 filingsthrough 2026
Elisabeth BreseeWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement (1995-1998) and Assistant Secretary (Enforcement) (1998-2001).26 filingsthrough 2025
Brian Keith SmithWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Legislative Director, US Senator Robert F. Bennett (12/2008-8/2010); Senior Policy Advisor, US Senator Chuck Hagel (2/1997-2/2000).25 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew KaudersCogent Strategies LLCCovered position: Sr. Adv'r/Exec. Dir., House Democratic Caucus // Sr. Adv'r/Comm. Dir., Rep. Robert Menendez // Spksperson/Asst. to D. Sec'y, Dept. of Agriculture // Dpty. Comm. Dir., WH Climate Chg Task Force // Special Assistant, Environ. Protection Agency24 filingsthrough 2026
Jefferies Murray535 Group, LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff to Congressman Bud Cramer, Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Brewster23 filingsthrough 2026
David Lugar535 Group, LLC23 filingsthrough 2026
Michael LeeWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Leg. Correspondent and Leg. Assistant, Sen. Robert Bennett (2005-2008); Snr Policy Advisor, Joint Economic Committee (2013); Professional Staff Member and Senior Economist (2013-2015); Asst Congressional Liaison, Federal Reserve Board (2015-2016).23 filingsthrough 2026
Chris BrownMindset Advocacy, LLCCovered position: Senior Professional Staff, House Financial Services Committee22 filingsthrough 2026
Jerome MurrayOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Stacey Plaskett; Legislative Director, Rep. G.K. Butterfield; Associate Director, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Sen. Harry Reid; Legislative Director, Rep. Chaka Fattah; Staff Assistant, Rep. Chaka Fattah22 filingsthrough 2026
Robert PribbleRmp Strategies, LLC21 filingsthrough 2026
Heather MchughResolution Public Affairs, LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Schumer (2010-2013); Legislative Director, Congressman Israel (2003-2007); Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Velazquez (2000-2003).21 filingsthrough 2023
Tucker ShumackOgrCovered position: Tax & Finance Counsel, Sen. Small Business Committee/ Sen. Olympia Snowe; Legislative Asst, Sen. Johnny Isakson/ Rep. Isakson; Legislative Asst, Sen. Paul Coverdell20 filingsthrough 2026
Nida ZamanWells Fargo & CompanyCovered position: Senior Legislative Assistant for Congressman Andre Carson (July 2009-December 2011).20 filingsthrough 2026
Stanton BullockOgrCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Daniel Moynihan20 filingsthrough 2023
Covered positions · 56 of 72 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
