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.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 1 client
64 filings
$33.1M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD · 1 client
51 filings
$20.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Austin Metsch28 filings1 client · through 2026
Sarah Kish MorganCovered position: House Judiciary Committee staff assistant - 8/2008-6/2009; House Judiciary Committee professional staff 1/2011-7/2012; House Majority Leader Deputy Floor Director 7/2012-7/201423 filings1 client · through 2025
Rob ChildersCovered position: Counsel for Sen. Bob Menendez (3/21-2/22) Sen. Bob Menendez - Legislative Assistant (10/17-3/21); Legislative Aide (4/15-9/17); Legislative Correspondent (3/14-3/15)19 filings1 client · through 2026
Cynthia Braddon19 filings1 client · through 2013
The filings
The 20 most recent of 68 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
Period
Client
Type
Reported
Record
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
S&P Global Inc. (F/K/A Mcgraw Hill Financial Inc.)
S&P Global Inc. (F/K/A Mcgraw Hill Financial Inc.)
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: s-p-global-inc-f-k-a-mcgraw-hill-financial-inc.
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 $34.2M in expenses.
TAX · 1 client
30 filings
$20.8M on those filings
Commodities (big ticket)
CDT · 1 client
25 filings
$9.3M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT · 1 client
17 filings
$5.9M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 1 client
15 filings
$11.5M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 1 client
10 filings
$5.3M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE · 1 client
9 filings
$7.6M on those filings
Roads/Highway
ROD · 1 client
9 filings
$7.6M on those filings
Education
EDU · 1 client
9 filings
$3.1M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI · 1 client
5 filings
$4.5M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP · 1 client
5 filings
$3.5M 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.
Brian Appel
Covered position: Legislative assis't, Sen. Mary Landrieu(5/07-1/09); Democratic Counsel, Small Business Committee(1/09-5/09); Legislative Counsel, Sen. Michael Bennet(5/09-11); Deputy Leg. Dir, Sen. Michael Bennet(11-14); Leg. Dir, Sen. Michael Bennet (8/14-8/22)
16 filings1 client · through 2026
Daniel Duncan14 filings1 client · through 2012
John LipseyCovered position: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Deputy Chief Counsel; U.S. Senator Bob Corker - Chief Counsel, Counsel, Legislative Counsel, Legislative Correspondent; Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn - Paid Intern13 filings1 client · through 2018
Darlene J Rosenkoetter12 filings1 client · through 2016
Adam Jeffrey NoahCovered position: Senator Saxby Chambliss - Financial Counsel (2007 - 2011); House Small Business Committee - Counsel (2005 - 2007)10 filings1 client · through 2021
Sean Peter DevereyCovered position: Legislative Director - Rep. Robert Andrews (9/2011 - 2/2013); Sr. Legislative Asst. - Rep. Dennis Cardoza (1/2010 - 9/2011); Sr. Advisor, Professional Staff - House Committee on Small Business (1/2003 - 1/2007)10 filings1 client · through 2019
Jillian FitzpatrickCovered position: Min Staff Dir & Sr Pol Advsr, Sen. Heitkamp (1/13-10/15); Transition Dir, Sen. Kaine (11/12-1/13); Leg Asst, Sen. Blumenthal (1/11-2/12); Leg Asst, Leg Aide, Leg Corresp, Rep. Maffei (3/09-2/12); Staff Asst, Sen. Byrd (8/07-7/08)10 filings1 client · through 2018
Leah PerryCovered position: Research Assist/Intern Rep. Elijah E. Cummings5 filings1 client · through 2015
Scott HerndonCovered position: Staff Assistant, Representative E. Clay Shaw, Jr.5 filings1 client · through 2015
Brett QuickCovered position: Staff Dir. - Senate Banking Comm. (Sen. Kirk) - 3/2016-12/2016; Leg. Dir. - Rep. Stephen Fincher - 1/2015-3/2016; Deputy COS - House Fin. Servs. Comm. (Rep. Bachus) - 5/2013-12/2014; Scheduler - Rep. Spencer Bachus - 12/2010-4/2013.4 filings1 client · through 2017
William Jordan4 filings1 client · through 2008
Linda Pham3 filings1 client · through 2026
Christopher Goldberg3 filings1 client · through 2010
Jacqueline Gulley2 filings1 client · through 2019
Ryan WorkCovered position: Legislative Director Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers2 filings1 client · through 2014
Covered positions · 12 of 22 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.
