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: banner-public-affairs-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 $26.9M in fees and $0 in expenses.
TAX · 10 clients
151 filings
$5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD · 13 clients
84 filings
$2.6M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW · 9 clients
82 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 8 clients
65 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Education
EDU · 5 clients
59 filings
$2.3M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM · 6 clients
57 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Small Business
SMB · 8 clients
51 filings
$1M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI · 4 clients
48 filings
$3.1M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR · 5 clients
48 filings
$1M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR · 8 clients
45 filings
$1.8M 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.
312 filings
32 clients · through 2021
Luke StrimerCovered position: Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Staff Assistant, Rep. Nick Rahall213 filings33 clients · through 2023
Ryan LosakCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Boozman; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. John Kline129 filings20 clients · through 2025
Sarah Mae StevensCovered position: Policy Advisor, Sen. Ben Cardin; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Matt Cartwright; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Russ Carnahan120 filings12 clients · through 2025
Sarah Wisner BlackwoodCovered position: Dir. Leg. Aff's, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency; Leg. Dir., Rep. Costello; Prof. Staff, House Transp. & Infr. Cmtee.96 filings15 clients · through 2015
Theodore Richard Mondloch84 filings10 clients · through 2025
Christian WhitonCovered position: Sr. Advisor, State Dept.61 filings12 clients · through 2021
Alex MaggosCovered position: Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Mark Kirk58 filings13 clients · through 2018
Samantha Sheehan Bilotta35 filings6 clients · through 2015
Maranda SalingCovered position: Correspondence Aide, Sen. Cory Booker27 filings9 clients · through 2024
Kevin GundersenCovered position: Sr. Staff, House Homeland Security Cmtee.; Staff Dir., Subcmtee. on Counterterrorism & Intel.27 filings8 clients · through 2014
Elizabeth Christina Spekhardt24 filings5 clients · through 2024
Daniel BirnsCovered position: N/A23 filings7 clients · through 2026
Allison ToledoCovered position: Advisor, White House Office of Management and Budget19 filings6 clients · through 2026
Heath HallCovered position: Sr. Leg. Ass't, Sen. J. Talent4 filings4 clients · through 2014
Wendi WilkesCovered position: Director of Infrastructure Implementation, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water3 filings1 client · through 2025
James TalentCovered position: Former U.S. Senator2 filings1 client · through 2026
Kannah Olivia GreerCovered position: Intern, Sen. Ron Wyden; Intern, Rep. Earl Blumenauer1 filing1 client · through 2024
Covered positions · 18 of 21 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.
Japan
2 filings
through 2015
Air Canada
Canada
2 filings
through 2014
Sunedison Semiconductor
Singapore
2 filings
through 2014
Xtend Defense Ltd
Israel
1 filing
through 2025
Xtend Reality Expansion, Ltd.
Israel
1 filing
through 2025
Toray Industries, Inc.
Japan
1 filing
through 2021
Ana Holdings, Inc.
Japan
1 filing
through 2020
Lais Hotel Properties Limited
Canada
1 filing
through 2018
Novelis Inc.
Canada
1 filing
through 2015
Nxp Semiconductors N.V.
Netherlands
1 filing
through 2014
Ntt Data
Japan
1 filing
through 2013
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
India
1 filing
through 2013
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.
