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.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Telecommunications
TEC · 1 client
68 filings
$212.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 1 client
63 filings
$190.9M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Chris Salemme56 filings1 client · through 2021
Kelly ColeCovered position: Consultant, Kelly Cole Strategies / Consulting Counsel for Wiley Rein / Executive Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Broadcasters / Majority Counsel, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee46 filings1 client · through 2026
Jaime L Hjort35 filings1 client · through 2019
JOT D CARPENTER jr35 filings1 client · through 2016
Sarah Versaggi31 filings1 client · through 2026
The filings
The 20 most recent of 68 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: ctia-the-wireless-association.
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 $212.9M in expenses.
BUD · 1 client
43 filings
$134.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 1 client
36 filings
$113.2M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP · 1 client
26 filings
$87.7M on those filings
Defense
DEF · 1 client
23 filings
$90.6M on those filings
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
LAW · 1 client
16 filings
$61.8M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT · 1 client
13 filings
$32.6M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV · 1 client
12 filings
$30.6M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM · 1 client
7 filings
$19.6M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI · 1 client
7 filings
$19.6M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 1 client
6 filings
$16.9M 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.
Henry KilgoreCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Mark Pryor (2009 - 2014)
30 filings1 client · through 2021
James E RobertsonCovered position: US Rep Mike Bilirakis - Legislative Assistant(Jan 2004-Jan 2007) US Rep Gus Bilirakis - LA(Jan 2007-June 2007) US Rep Ed Whitfield - Sr. LA(June 2007-May 2010) Hse Oversight & Government Reform Cmte - Subcommittee Staff Director(May 2010-Oct 201528 filings1 client · through 2021
Bob Bolster28 filings1 client · through 2014
David R Hoover26 filings1 client · through 2014
Steve Largent26 filings1 client · through 2014
Scott StockwellCovered position: Office of Congressman Dave Loebsack, Dec. 2017-Jan. 2021 Office of Congressman Ben Ray Lujan, Apr. 2010-Dec. 201724 filings1 client · through 2026
Trevor Wilson JonesCovered position: Office of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, Legislative Assistant Sept. 2018-Feb. 2019, Legislative Aide Jan. 2015-Aug. 2018, Legislative Correspondent Oct. 2014-2016 & Jan. 2013-Sept. 2014, Staff Assistant Oct. 2011-Dec. 201221 filings1 client · through 2026
Vivian Lausevic Crater20 filings1 client · through 2014
Chris McnameeCovered position: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Veterans Affairs Deputy Staff Director & General Counsel - Full Committee Apr. 2017 - May 2022 Staff Director & Counsel - Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Jan. 2019 - Dec. 202018 filings1 client · through 2026
Jasmine Mccloud16 filings1 client · through 2022
Sydney PettitCovered position: Office of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Legislative Assistant June 2019-Nov. 2019 Office of Congressman David McKinley, Legislative Assistant Apr. 2018-June 2019, Legislative Aide Sept.2017-Apr.2018, Legislative Correspondent July 2016-Aug.201715 filings1 client · through 2024
Chloe Rodriguez14 filings1 client · through 2026
Bobby Franklin14 filings1 client · through 2013
Jerry Driscoll13 filings1 client · through 2011
Michael Altschul7 filings1 client · through 2009
James Schuler7 filings1 client · through 2009
Christopher Edward Guttman-Mccabe7 filings1 client · through 2009
Brian Josef7 filings1 client · through 2009
David RedlCovered position: Unpaid Intern - Office of Rep. Sue Kelly7 filings1 client · through 2009
Tom Hebert6 filings1 client · through 2026
CAROLYN WHITWORTH BRANDON esq6 filings1 client · through 2008
Paul Garnett6 filings1 client · through 2008
Tom Power1 filing1 client · through 2021
Covered positions · 8 of 28 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.
