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: the-smith-free-group-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 $93.6M in fees and $0 in expenses.
CSP · 33 clients
320 filings
$16.9M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV · 29 clients
297 filings
$12.3M on those filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD · 30 clients
287 filings
$17.8M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD · 40 clients
256 filings
$11.7M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT · 15 clients
247 filings
$19M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 15 clients
242 filings
$16M on those filings
Insurance
INS · 19 clients
227 filings
$11.2M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN · 22 clients
216 filings
$8.8M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 18 clients
212 filings
$9.1M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR · 22 clients
194 filings
$9.8M 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.
Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-Illinois-AL
Bills: H.R. 1351, H.R. 1521, H.R. 20 +8 more
46 filings
1 lobbyist
Matt CartwrightD-Pennsylvania-AL
Bills: H.R. 1238, H.R. 1351, H.R. 20 +5 more
36 filings
1 lobbyist
Adelita S. GrijalvaD-Arizona-AL
Bills: H.R. 20, H.R. 2028, H.R. 5408 +2 more
14 filings
1 lobbyist
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.
Covered position: ​Dep. Asst. USTR for Cong. Affairs, USTR
583 filings42 clients · through 2020
Trevor W. KolegoCovered position: Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon565 filings53 clients · through 2026
Michael A. GaffinCovered position: Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Asst. Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy327 filings37 clients · through 2026
Summer MersingerCovered position: DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist, Rep John Thune288 filings31 clients · through 2019
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres270 filings31 clients · through 2026
Alicia W Smith190 filings17 clients · through 2021
Jeffrey Maxwell BeckerCovered position: Coalitions Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Staff Assistant, Rep. Liz Cheney128 filings24 clients · through 2026
Ian S.D. Mair128 filings16 clients · through 2021
James E Smith109 filings18 clients · through 2016
Mike MullenCovered position: Sr. Leg. Asst., Rep. Mike Doyle78 filings17 clients · through 2026
Sarah Dumont MerchakCovered position: Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Housing Finance Agency; Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee74 filings12 clients · through 2023
Philip G KikoCovered position: Acting Dir./Dep. Dir (Hrgs & Appeals) Dept. of Int56 filings18 clients · through 2014
Chris Scribner52 filings18 clients · through 2021
Meredith T WhiteCovered position: U.S. Senate, Office of Senator Claire McCaskill2 filings1 client · through 2012
Brandon Pollak2 filings2 clients · through 2009
Covered positions · 13 of 19 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.
France
1 filing
through 2018
Lafargeholcim (Formerly Known as Holcim (U.S.) Inc.)
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.
