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.
Health Issues
HCR
50 filings
$2.8M on those filings
Veterans
VET
8 filings
$230K 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.
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
Benjamin KleinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)40 filingsthrough 2025
Kathryn WiseInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg. Dir, Rep. Vern Buchanan (2014-2015) Leg. Dir, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2013-2014) Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2011-2013) Legislative Correspondent/Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2010-2011) Staff Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2009-2010)27 filingsthrough 2025
Christopher GillottInvariant LLCCovered position: Sen. Bill Cassidy: Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy (2018-2021); Legislative Dir (2013-2021); Sr Legislative Asst (2013); Rep. Bobby Jindal: Leg. Dir (2007-2008); Sr Legislative Asst (2005-2007); Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison: Leg Aide (2003-2005)22 filingsthrough 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 51 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
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: zocdoc.
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.
114th Congress
Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016
4 filingsthrough 2016
S. 3043114th CongressFaster Care for Veterans Act of 20164 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 3230113th CongressVeterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 20142 filingsthrough 2014
S. 2450113th CongressVeterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 20142 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.
Heather PodestaInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui; Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy;
Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley; Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office20 filingsthrough 2019
Annabell Mcwherter StokesInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Senator Johnny Isakson (2018-2020); Law Clerk, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Senator Johnny Isakson (2018-2018)16 filingsthrough 2025
Matthew FeryInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Brian Higgins (2017-2024); Health Insurance Specialist, CMS (2016-2017); Legislative Counsel, Rep. Brian Higgins (2006-2013)9 filingsthrough 2026
Robert HoffmanInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director/ Acting Chief of Staff, Senator Mike DeWine; Legislative Director, Senator Larry Pressler9 filingsthrough 2017
Dean RosenMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist;
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health;
Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health; Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources;
Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy;
Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz5 filingsthrough 2017
David R ThomasMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren;
Director of Congressional Relations, FTC;
Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore;
Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum5 filingsthrough 2017
Elise Finley PickeringMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee;
Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg;
Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer;
Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett5 filingsthrough 2017
David CastagnettiMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus;
Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta;
EA, Rep. Ed Markey5 filingsthrough 2017
Bruce MehlmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy;
General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference5 filingsthrough 2017
Charles WootersMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen;
Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker;
Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter5 filingsthrough 2017
Sohini GuptaMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Health and Social Policy Counsel, Senator Bayh5 filingsthrough 2017
Sage EastmanMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means;
Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means;
Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means;
Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp5 filingsthrough 2017
Lauren AronsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means;
Policy Director, White House;
Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House);; Policy Advisor, Rep. Rahm Emanuel;
Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy5 filingsthrough 2017
Michael RobinsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee;
Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay;
Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers;
Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula;; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks;
Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers;
Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee;
Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster5 filingsthrough 2017
Michael CollinsMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall
Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall
Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall
Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall
Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall5 filingsthrough 2017
Constantine HingsonMehlman Consulting, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats
Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg
General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole5 filingsthrough 2017
Amy SwongerInvariant LLCCovered position: Whip Liaison, Senator Trent Lott; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, Vice President Dick Cheney; Fl Asst, Senator Mitch McConnell; Legislative Assistant, Senator Trent Lott; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Walter Jones; Intern, Rep. Walter Jones4 filingsthrough 2017
Anne PalisiInvariant LLCCovered position: Director Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Committee (2016-2016) Deputy Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner (2013-2015); Chief of Staff, Rep. Diane Black (2011-2013)2 filingsthrough 2018
Larissa MartinezInvariant LLCCovered position: Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Deb Fischer (2012-2015); Legislative Assistant, Sen. Chuck Hagel (2006-2009); Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Nathan Deal (2005-2006); Assistant Scheduler, Sen. Johnny Isakson (2004-2005)2 filingsthrough 2018
Jeffrey LungrenInvariant LLCCovered position: Special Asst to the President, White House (2008-2009); Dep Asst to the Vice President (2007-2008); Comms Dir, House Judiciary Cmte (2001-2007); Comms Dir, House Science Cmte (1999-2001); Press Sec, Rep. Porter Goss (1997-1998)1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 28 of 28 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
