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.
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR · 1 client
69 filings
$16.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 1 client
65 filings
$15.9M on those filings
Small Business
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Michael LaymanCovered position: Professional Staff Member, House Cmte on Government Reform; Leg. Director, Rep. Tim Murphy55 filings1 client · through 2026
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: international-franchise-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 $16.7M in expenses.
SMB · 1 client
59 filings
$13.8M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 1 client
43 filings
$8.5M on those filings
Veterans
VET · 1 client
41 filings
$8.1M on those filings
Travel/Tourism
TOU · 1 client
33 filings
$6.3M on those filings
Immigration
IMM · 1 client
29 filings
$5.3M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT · 1 client
27 filings
$7.1M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP · 1 client
25 filings
$7.2M on those filings
Banking
BAN · 1 client
20 filings
$5.4M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 1 client
18 filings
$4M on those filings
Torts
TOR · 1 client
18 filings
$3.4M 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.
Jay B Perron13 filings1 client · through 2014
Jason Straczewski11 filings1 client · through 2011
Victoria Jane Adams11 filings1 client · through 2011
Elizabeth TaylorCovered position: Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Fred Thompson; Exec. Asst., Sen. Cmte on Investigations; Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmte; Chief Counsel for Nominations, Sen. Judiciary Cmte; Gen. Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmte; Chief Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmte.10 filings1 client · through 2016
David Glenn French9 filings1 client · through 2010
PAUL CALKINS jrCovered position: Intern, Rep. Ted Budd8 filings1 client · through 2025
Robert CresantiCovered position: Under Sec. of Technology and Chief Privacy Officer,, U.S. Dept. of Commerce; Staff Dir, Senate Cmte on Year 2000;, Staff Dir, Senate SubCmte on Financial Serv. and Technology;, Banking Counsel, Sen Robert Bennett; Banking Counsel, Rep., Paul Gillmor; Staff Asst., Joint Economic Cmte8 filings1 client · through 2020
Judith Marie Thorman8 filings1 client · through 2013
Michael Troy Flanagan8 filings1 client · through 2010
Benjamin BranchCovered position: Deputy Legislative Director, Rep. Wynn; Senior Policy Advisor/Legislative Director, Rep. Meeks7 filings1 client · through 2023
Kevin Serafino5 filings1 client · through 2015
Lauren PfingstagCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Angus King, Jr Legislative Aide, Sen. Angus King, Jr Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Angus King, Jr Legislative Assistant, Rep. Gus Bilirakis Legislative Aide, Rep. Gus Bilirakis Legislative Corr. Rep. Bilirakis4 filings1 client · through 2019
Covered positions · 7 of 17 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.
