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: innovative-federal-strategies-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 $78.6M in fees and $0 in expenses.
GOV · 72 clients
653 filings
$16.9M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT · 16 clients
399 filings
$5.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 21 clients
274 filings
$4.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 20 clients
205 filings
$2.9M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI · 41 clients
201 filings
$5.6M on those filings
Intelligence
INT · 16 clients
145 filings
$6M on those filings
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI · 5 clients
112 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW · 14 clients
104 filings
$1.4M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 11 clients
53 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 17 clients
52 filings
$780K 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.
Adam SmithD-Washington-AL
Bills: H.R. 2670, H.R. 2760, H.R. 3838 +3 more
748 filings
2 lobbyists
Jack ReedD-Rhode Island
Bills: S. 2226, S. 4638
456 filings
2 lobbyists
Jon TesterD-Montana
Bills: S. 2587, S. 4921, S. 866
415 filings
3 lobbyists
Roger F. WickerR-Mississippi
Bills: S. 2296, S. 4784, S. 866
385 filings
2 lobbyists
Mark AlfordR-Missouri-AL
Bills: H.R. 6069, H.R. 8070
322 filings
2 lobbyists
Sara JacobsD-California-AL
Bills: H.R. 2760, H.R. 8070, H.R. 8080
296 filings
2 lobbyists
Andy KimD-New Jersey
Bills: H.R. 3539, H.R. 8070
294 filings
2 lobbyists
Jim BanksR-Indiana
Bills: H.R. 5, H.R. 8070
294 filings
2 lobbyists
What this shows · A row here means a lobbying activity in this firm's filings named a bill this member is on record sponsoring or cosponsoring in the same Congress — a bill-reference match, not a claim that the filing named the member's office. Bill numbers are reused every Congress, so the match is scoped to the Congress the filing was made under; a filing that cites an enacted law by its original bill number can therefore land on a later Congress's bill of the same number. Member names and bill references are cited as filed; both link to their own record once their sections leave beta.
Jean DentonCovered position: Appropriations Associate, Rep. William Lowery
640 filings22 clients · through 2026
John LittleCovered position: N/A538 filings43 clients · through 2014
Erynn D HookCovered position: Chief of Staff/LA/LC/Staff Assistant, Rep. Chris Collins417 filings33 clients · through 2026
William TatumCovered position: ​Mgr. Documents and Requisitions, Clerk of the House / Director of Admin. Sen. Luther Strange / Interim IT Director, Senate Rules / Sys. Admin & Cor. Coord., Sen. Jeff Sessions395 filings25 clients · through 2023
Neely Marcus SilbeyCovered position: Legislative Assistant / Sen. Patty Murray350 filings36 clients · through 2021
Stacy LadwigCovered position: Scheduler, Rep. Erik Paulsen312 filings31 clients · through 2015
Shavenor WintersCovered position: Leg. Aide, Sen. Patty Murray304 filings42 clients · through 2020
Jessica EggimannCovered position: REP. JOE WILSON / SCHEDULER304 filings31 clients · through 2011
Benjamin JarrettCovered position: Special Assistant for Outreach, Appalachian Regional Commission / MLA, Rep. John Carter / Staff Assistant, Rep. Aaron Shock301 filings28 clients · through 2026
Zackary LinickCovered position: Rep. Henry Cuellar (LD, LA) / House Ethics Committee (Staff Assistant)294 filings25 clients · through 2023
Heather Mcnatt HennesseyCovered position: Chief of Staff / Office of Jack Kingston288 filings26 clients · through 2014
Anne Margaret Wake267 filings42 clients · through 2019
Amanda KingCovered position: N/A226 filings25 clients · through 2011
Taylor JordanCovered position: Senior Advisor, NOAA; Professional Staff, House Science Committee220 filings28 clients · through 2025
William D LoweryCovered position: Member of Congress196 filings12 clients · through 2025
Kali MatalonCovered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Committee
State Staff, Senator Jim Webb193 filings31 clients · through 2017
Joseph MingesCovered position: LA, LC/Aide, Field Coordinator, Rep. Ed Perlmutter166 filings19 clients · through 2026
Susan PaxonCovered position: Intern, Sen. Roger Wicker and Speaker Nancy Pelosi115 filings11 clients · through 2026
Katelyn CostelloCovered position: Executive Assistant, Consumer Product Safety Commission / Communications Director/EA, Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle82 filings11 clients · through 2026
Austin GageCovered position: Asst. to Rep. Hal Rogers, House Appropriations Committee; Legislative Director/Counsel/Senior Leg. Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; LC/Staff Assistant, Rep. Andy Harris82 filings18 clients · through 2026
Jennifer Shirley76 filings27 clients · through 2018
Peter EngelCovered position: Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Intern, Sen. Tina Smith74 filings14 clients · through 2025
Mark KulungowskiCovered position: N/A71 filings15 clients · through 2009
Juan Buhigas PalinkasevCovered position: Intern, Rep. Henry Cuellar70 filings16 clients · through 2026
Mackenzie RoweCovered position: Intern, Sen. Angus King69 filings13 clients · through 2020
Sarah Persichetti54 filings16 clients · through 2021
Jason Samuel SwinsonCovered position: Intern. Reps. Mike Rogers, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, and Robert Aderholt48 filings10 clients · through 2026
Covered positions · 31 of 39 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.
Norway
1 filing
through 2024
Flyht Aerospace Solutions Ltd.
Canada
1 filing
through 2022
Toppan Inc.
Japan
1 filing
through 2021
Arianespace
France
1 filing
through 2015
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.
