Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 49 clients
802 filings
$45.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 67 clients
740 filings
$41.2M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Steven ElmendorfCovered position: Executive Assistant, Sen. Adams; Administrative Assistant, Rep. Eckart; Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff, House Minority Leader3,484 filings187 clients · through 2026
Barry LasalaCovered position: Counsel - Senate Small Business Committee (Sen. John Kerry)2,404 filings148 clients · through 2026
Stacey AlexanderCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. Jim Matheson2,366 filings124 clients · through 2026
James RyanCovered position: General Counsel - Sen. Harry Reid
Foreign interests disclosed
The 15 most frequently disclosed of 48 foreign entities named on this registrant's filings.
Tch Scarlet Limited
Ireland
5 filings
through 2024
Open Wealth Investments Limited (Through Interest in Tch Scarlet Limited)
Hong Kong
4 filings
through 2024
The filings
The 20 most recent of 4,112 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: avoq-llc.
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.
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 $216.7M in fees and $0 in expenses.
BUD · 81 clients
719 filings
$40.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 39 clients
447 filings
$26.6M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI · 38 clients
398 filings
$22M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD · 36 clients
359 filings
$18.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR · 32 clients
340 filings
$20.3M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI · 22 clients
311 filings
$17.9M on those filings
Gaming/Gambling/Casino
GAM · 11 clients
241 filings
$7.3M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 18 clients
224 filings
$11.5M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP · 22 clients
217 filings
$12.9M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC · 19 clients
198 filings
$10.7M 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.
2,189 filings
108 clients · through 2026
Shanti StantonCovered position: Staff Assistant, Special Assistant, Floor Assistant, Democratic Leaders Office2,040 filings118 clients · through 2023
Kristina KennedyCovered position: Leg Counsel, Counsel, and Legislative Director, Sen. Sarbanes1,697 filings104 clients · through 2019
Patrick BouslimanCovered position: Professional Staff, Senate Finance; Acting Chief, Healthcare, Senate Finance; Professional Staff, Health Senate Finance; Leg Asst., Senator Baucus1,469 filings83 clients · through 2022
Whitaker L Askew1,343 filings99 clients · through 2026
Robert CogornoCovered position: Floor Director, Majority Leader; Floor Director, Minority Whip;Appropriations/Research Director, Minority Leader; Appropriations,Rep. DeLauro; Legislative Director, Rep. Visclosky;Communications, Sen. Adams1,223 filings79 clients · through 2017
Cedric GrantCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. Hakeem Jeffries; Director - WH Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Dept. of Commerce); Leadership Liaison/Policy Adviser - House Ways and Means Cmte (Rep. Charlie Rangel); Senior Adviser - Rep. Charlie Rangel1,039 filings85 clients · through 2026
Natalie Farr HarrisonCovered position: COS, Dep. COS - Sen. Cory Gardner; COS, Dep. COS/Leg. Dir., Leg. Dir. - Rep. Cory Gardner; Prof. Staff - H. Rep. Study Cmte (Rep. Tom Price); LA - DOL: LA- Rep. John Shadegg; Projects Asst -Rep. Policy Cmte (Sen. Jon Kyl)963 filings104 clients · through 2026
Bill GhentCovered position: Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Communications Director - Sen. Tom Carper806 filings81 clients · through 2026
Keith CastaldoCovered position: General Counsel, Finance Counsel - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; Economic Policy Adviser and Tax Counsel - Rep. Bill Pascrell509 filings57 clients · through 2026
Ed KutlerCovered position: Executive Director of the House Wednesday Group, Senior Advisor to Minority Whip and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich394 filings42 clients · through 2021
Rebecca Louise ShawCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. Trey Hollingsworth; Deputy Chief of Staff & Legislative Director, Legislative Director, Sr. Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant - Rep. Chris Gibson; Intern - Rep. Devin Nunes294 filings32 clients · through 2026
Sandra AlcalaCovered position: Chief of Staff - Rep. Filemon Vela; Member Services Director - H. Democratic Caucus (Rep. Hakeem Jeffries); Policy Director -Congressional Hispanic Caucus (Rep. Joaquin Castro); Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent - Rep. Joaquin Castro266 filings33 clients · through 2026
Jamie WallCovered position: Legislative Assistant - Sen. Roy Blunt (2011 - 2013) Legislative Assistant - Sen. Kit Bond (2010 - 2011) Legislative Correspondent - Sen. Kit Bond (2009 - 2010) Staff Assistant - Sen. Kit Bond (2008 - 2009)245 filings39 clients · through 2019
Joseph OrlandoCovered position: Jr. Prof. Staff Member, Sr. Policy Analyst-H. Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee(Rep. Jan Schakowsky); Policy Analyst, Executive Assistant, Staff Assistant-House Energy and Commerce Committee(Rep. Frank Pallone)151 filings31 clients · through 2026
Tom LopachCovered position: Chief of Staff - Sen. Jon Tester - 2010-2014; Senior Vice President Congressional Affairs - Export Import Bank of the United States - 2009; Legislative Aide - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - 2001; Field Representative - Rep. Pat Williams - 1996;102 filings34 clients · through 2017
Lindsey SeidmanCovered position: R Clerk - Sen Approps LHHS Subcmte (Sen. Capito); R Dep Staff Dir - Sen HELP Cmte (Sen. Burr); R Dep Staff Dir/Sr Policy Adv - Sen HELP Cmte (Sen. Alexander); Professional Staff - Sen Rules Cmte (Sen. Alexander); LA/Corr Dir/LC -Sen. Alexander80 filings24 clients · through 2026
James HoutonCovered position: Associate Dir., Senate Steering and Coordination Cttee80 filings26 clients · through 2008
Claire ForanCovered position: Intern - Sen. Chris Murphy23 filings10 clients · through 2026
Jeffrey Levey21 filings9 clients · through 2026
Barry Ghent (Does Not Exist; Listed In Error)5 filings1 client · through 2022
Covered positions · 23 of 26 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.
Tch Gold Limited (Through Interest in Open Wealth Investments Limited)
Virgin Islands (British)
3 filings
through 2024
Chubb Limited
Switzerland
2 filings
through 2026
Rio Tinto PLC
United Kingdom
2 filings
through 2026
Relx Group PLC
United Kingdom
2 filings
through 2023
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
South Korea
2 filings
through 2023
Tencent Holdings Limited (Through Interest in Open Wealth Investments Limited)
Hong Kong
2 filings
through 2023
Research in Motion
United States of America
2 filings
through 2010
Axa Sa
France
1 filing
through 2026
Deutsche Post Ag
Germany
1 filing
through 2026
Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding Gmbh
Germany
1 filing
through 2026
XL Group Ltd
Bermuda
1 filing
through 2026
Bp America Limited (100% Owned by Bp Holdings North America)
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2025
Bp Holdings North America Limited (100% Owned by Bp PLC)
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2025
What this discloses · An LD-2 reports foreign entities that hold an interest in, or contribute to, the client — so these are foreign interests behind the organizations this registrant files for, not owners of the registrant itself. Disclosure is a reporting requirement, not an allegation.
