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 they lobby for
This registrant files only on its own behalf — it has never reported a fee for representing anyone else.
Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee charged to a client.
Thomas FletcherCovered position: Terminated56 filings1 client · through 2025
Brent Gardner55 filings1 client · through 2026
Kelly Evelyn Elizabeth MerkelCovered position: Pentagon Office of the Commandant GS-14; Office of the Secretary of Defense.44 filings1 client · through 2026
Michael DingellCovered position: Senator Joseph Lieberman; Intern.
The filings
The 20 most recent of 50 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the registrant's name into one entity, so punctuation variants of the same firm read as one. The grouping is the registrant's normalized name — firms that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: americans-for-prosperity.
Reading this · An LD-2 reports either a fee the registrant charged or expenses it spent, never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. The expenses basis is what an organization lobbying on its own behalf files — usually for itself, sometimes for an affiliate under a different name — so a name on the second list is the client the filing names, not necessarily a claim that the registrant lobbied for someone else's account. Across every relationship on file — not just those shown — this registrant reported $0 in fees and $10.5M in expenses.
BUD · 1 client
39 filings
$9.6M on those filings
Veterans
VET · 1 client
38 filings
$10.4M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 1 client
37 filings
$9.1M on those filings
Immigration
IMM · 1 client
36 filings
$10.3M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR · 1 client
35 filings
$9.4M on those filings
Banking
BAN · 1 client
32 filings
$7.3M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW · 1 client
26 filings
$7.3M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR · 1 client
25 filings
$8.8M on those filings
Defense
DEF · 1 client
24 filings
$8.8M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV · 1 client
23 filings
$6.4M 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 money 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.
36 filings1 client · through 2026
Jason Bauknecht29 filings1 client · through 2020
Marilinda Garcia28 filings1 client · through 2023
Akash ChouguleCovered position: Professional Staff Member, US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Ranking Member Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5).24 filings1 client · through 2025
Macarthur Zimmerman21 filings1 client · through 2020
Lauren Stewart20 filings1 client · through 2026
Matthew SilverCovered position: Rep. Warren Davidson; Legislative Director.20 filings1 client · through 2025
Christopher Hudson20 filings1 client · through 2024
Helder TosteCovered position: Rep. Devin Nunes; Paid Intern. Rep. Erik Paulsen; Staff Assistant.18 filings1 client · through 2026
Christine Harbin Hanson18 filings1 client · through 2018
William BurgerCovered position: Rep. Scott Tipton Staff Assistant; Director of Operations. Rep. Jeff Forenberry; Senior Advisor.17 filings1 client · through 2026
Theodore Lee Ellis17 filings1 client · through 2022
Josellin Nicole Castillo17 filings1 client · through 2022
Daniel TillsonCovered position: Senator Roger Wicker; Special Assistant, Legislative Assistant Congressman Chris Smith, Special Assistant for Scheduling and Legislation.16 filings1 client · through 2026
Matthew KeenanCovered position: Rep. Fulcher; Communication Director, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent. Rep. Labrador; Scheduler, Staff Assistant.15 filings1 client · through 2026
Andrew Joseph KorstCovered position: Terminated14 filings1 client · through 2025
Katelyn Reid BledsoeCovered position: VA Delegate Mike Watson; Legislative Assistant.13 filings1 client · through 2026
DANIEL DAVID CALDWELL jr13 filings1 client · through 2020
Megan BaileyCovered position: Congressman Bill Posey, Paid internship and Senator Rick Scott, Professional Staffer.12 filings1 client · through 2025
Faith Best BurnsCovered position: United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service, Policy Advisor.11 filings1 client · through 2026
Michael NudoCovered position: Constituent Service Liaison; U.S. Army Specialist E-4.10 filings1 client · through 2026
Dominic Nordel10 filings1 client · through 2024
Luis Cardona8 filings1 client · through 2022
Kristin SkrzyckiCovered position: Rep. Gregory Murphy; Chief of Staff. Rep. James Hagedorn; Cheif of Staff. National Drug Control; Chief of Staff. Dep. Health and Human Services; Office of the Secretary, Deputy Chief of Staff. Rep. Thomas Price; Chief of Staff.6 filings1 client · through 2026
Scott Alan RauschCovered position: Policy Advisor; Senator Ron Johnson. Deputy Chief of Staff & Legislative Director; Congressman Andrew Garbarino. Deputy Director of Congressional Relations; U.S. Peace Corps. Legislative Director; Congressman Alex Mooney.6 filings1 client · through 2026
Alexandra EdmondsCovered position: SSpecial Assistant; U.S. Department of Education. Staff Assistant; U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce.5 filings1 client · through 2026
Andrew Talmadge Coley3 filings1 client · through 2017
Covered positions · 18 of 34 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. A covered official position is the LD-2 field a lobbyist uses to report having held one; the text is reproduced exactly as filed.
