Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 84 clients
1,059 filings
$21.1M on those filings
Natural Resources
NAT · 34 clients
885 filings
$20.2M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
Members whose bills were lobbied
Members of Congress whose sponsored or cosponsored bills were named in this firm's lobbying filings from the same Congress, ranked by matched filings.
Ben SasseR-Nebraska
Bills: S. 2491
2 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.
Richard A AgnewCovered position: Chief Min. Counsel, Committee on Interior, 1985-1991 ; ; Rep. Counsel, Subcommittee on Public Lands, (1982-1985) ; ; Staff Counsel, Rep. Don Young, US House (1980-1983)653 filings27 clients · through 2026
Tracy A TolkCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Representative Jay Inslee (2005-2008); Senior Legislative Assistant, U.S. Representative Jim Davis (2001-2005)612 filings38 clients · through 2024
Ben Lee McmakinCovered position: Legislative Director, Office of Senator Patty Murray (1996-2005)587 filings
Foreign interests disclosed
Every foreign entity named on this registrant's filings.
Hudbay Minerals Inc.
Canada
1 filing
through 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Bermuda
1 filing
through 2020
Aquanovis
The filings
The 20 most recent of 3,979 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
Carbon Utilization Research Council (Formerly Coal Utilization Research Council)
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: van-ness-feldman-llp.
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 $57.1M in fees and $0 in expenses.
ENV · 40 clients
683 filings
$17M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD · 36 clients
522 filings
$11.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 39 clients
409 filings
$9.3M on those filings
Indian/Native American Affairs
IND · 19 clients
360 filings
$6.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA · 27 clients
295 filings
$5.1M on those filings
Utilities
UTI · 9 clients
222 filings
$8.3M on those filings
Government Issues
GOV · 9 clients
172 filings
$5M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW · 8 clients
148 filings
$6.1M on those filings
Economics/Economic Development
ECN · 6 clients
133 filings
$2.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR · 7 clients
112 filings
$4.1M 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.
50 clients · through 2018
Alan L MintzCovered position: Atty., Off of Exceptions & Appeals, FEA (1974-1977)531 filings27 clients · through 2026
Andrew M VanderjackCovered position: President's Council on Environmental Quality, Legal Intern to the General Counsel, 2006-2007; U.S. EPA, Legal Intern, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2006; Office of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (RAK), LC, 2001-2003.504 filings20 clients · through 2026
Nancy Macan Mcnally339 filings11 clients · through 2026
Stuart C HallCovered position: LD (2007-2008), LA/LC (2002-2007) - Office of Rep. Richard Baker310 filings22 clients · through 2026
Thomas C RobertsCovered position: US Senate (1985-1990)288 filings20 clients · through 2023
Sean A. TaylorCovered position: Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (2001-2002); Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator Connie Mack (2000-2001)273 filings15 clients · through 2026
Michael PlatnerCovered position: Tax and International Trade Counsel, Sen. John Chafee (1988-1992)259 filings19 clients · through 2026
Jonathan SimonCovered position: Legal Intern, Department of the Interior, 1997 ; ; Sp.Projects Asst./Leg. Assistant, Sen. Lautenberg, 1995 ; ; Sp.Research Asst./Leg.Correspondent,Sen.Lautenberg, 1993-94252 filings14 clients · through 2026
Jordan Smith216 filings6 clients · through 2026
Stephen C Fotis166 filings5 clients · through 2026
Robert SzaboCovered position: Sr. Leg. Asst., Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, US Senate ; ; (1975-1978)163 filings18 clients · through 2020
Melinda Meade Meyers151 filings13 clients · through 2026
J Curtis RichCovered position: Natural Resources & Energy Counsel, Sen. Max Baucus,1992-96137 filings28 clients · through 2010
Tyson Kade134 filings6 clients · through 2026
Norman D DicksCovered position: Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1977-2012)129 filings7 clients · through 2025
Shannon Angielski128 filings8 clients · through 2026
Shelley Nan FidlerCovered position: Principal Deputy, WH Climate Change Task Force (1998-2000)Sr. Advisor, Department of Energy (1998-2000)Chief of Staff, Council of Environmental Quality (1995-98)Staff Director, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power (1993-95)123 filings17 clients · through 2022
Mary LandrieuCovered position: U.S. Senator (1997-2015)100 filings8 clients · through 2025
James Bayot98 filings4 clients · through 2026
Janet AndersonCovered position: Director, Industry Policy, WHCCTF, 1998-200195 filings8 clients · through 2026
Joseph B Nelson93 filings5 clients · through 2023
Lisa E EpifaniCovered position: Sr. Leg. Adv., DOE (01-03)75 filings13 clients · through 2014
Charles Sensiba67 filings6 clients · through 2018
Dan PressCovered position: N/A63 filings9 clients · through 2015
Michael Weiner55 filings5 clients · through 2022
Mark M PalmerCovered position: Spc. Prog. Liaison, US Sen. Feinstein (96-99)55 filings10 clients · through 2014
Ben Yamagata49 filings5 clients · through 2015
Covered positions · 45 of 91 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.
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Japan
1 filing
through 2017
National Grid PLC
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2015
Augusta Resource Corporation
Canada
1 filing
through 2013
Anglo American, PLC
United Kingdom
1 filing
through 2012
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Canada
1 filing
through 2012
Wilmar International Limited
Singapore
1 filing
through 2012
Transmission Developers, Inc
Canada
1 filing
through 2010
Transmission Developers, Inc.
Canada
1 filing
through 2010
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.
