Note · At least one filing discloses a foreign entity with an interest in a client this registrant represents. Those disclosures are listed below.
Revenue over time
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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Budget/Appropriations
BUD · 18 clients
168 filings
$6.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 12 clients
120 filings
$6.2M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Randall GerardCovered position: Staff Asst., Sen. Commerce, Science & Transportation Cmte.651 filings47 clients · through 2026
Andrew KaudersCovered 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 Agency463 filings39 clients · through 2026
Claudia James394 filings32 clients · through 2026
David OxnerCovered position: Policy Advisor, Sen. Jerry Moran; Prof. Staff, House Financial Services Cmte.; Leg. Assistant/Policy Coordinator, Rep. Paul Gillmor285 filings
Foreign interests disclosed
Every foreign entity named on this registrant's filings.
Sasol Limited
South Africa
1 filing
through 2021
Philip Morris Brands Sarl (Parent Company Is Pmi)
Switzerland
1 filing
through 2019
The filings
The 20 most recent of 799 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: cogent-strategies-llc.
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 $31.5M in fees and $0 in expenses.
ENG · 9 clients
101 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD · 7 clients
87 filings
$5M on those filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
COM · 3 clients
76 filings
$3.2M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV · 6 clients
64 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 6 clients
63 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT · 3 clients
62 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 4 clients
53 filings
$3M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC · 4 clients
53 filings
$2.7M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 9 clients
52 filings
$2M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR · 4 clients
49 filings
$1.7M 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.
24 clients · through 2026
Shellie Purvis259 filings21 clients · through 2026
David AdamsCovered position: Asst Secy for Leg Affairs, Dept. of State // Dpty Asst Secy for House Affairs, DOS // SD, H For Aff Cmte/Sub on M East & S Asia // Prof Staff, H For Aff Cmte // Minority Prof Staff, Subcmte on W Hem // Sp Asst Rep Akerman142 filings22 clients · through 2021
Edda Collins Coleman104 filings14 clients · through 2023
Taylor Mccarty HooverCovered position: Comm. Dir., Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson; Comm. Dir., House Ag. Cmte53 filings9 clients · through 2026
Kimberley Fritts50 filings9 clients · through 2026
Kevin MclaughlinCovered position: Comm.Director, Sen. John Cornyn // Public Affairs, Dept. of State41 filings12 clients · through 2018
Regina MahonyCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Senior Policy Advisor House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer37 filings6 clients · through 2026
Elizabeth MorraCovered position: Comm. Director, House Appropriations Cmte.25 filings9 clients · through 2018
Michael QuarantaCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Castle18 filings6 clients · through 2018
Phoebe FerraioloCovered position: Dep. Press Secretary, Press Assistant, Senator Susan Collins12 filings3 clients · through 2023
Emily Flynn Pappas10 filings3 clients · through 2022
Jordan Smith9 filings2 clients · through 2026
Covered positions · 10 of 16 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.
Philip Morris Products S.A. (Parent Company Is Pmi)
Switzerland
1 filing
through 2019
Qatar Petroleum
Qatar
1 filing
through 2018
Qatar Petroleum International
Qatar
1 filing
through 2018
Pmi Mgmt. S.A. (Parent Company Is Pmi)
Switzerland
1 filing
through 2017
Relx Group
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2017
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.
