LobbyingMerck lobbying by quarter
Merck MRK's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $2.7M. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $9.6M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Medicare/Medicaid and Health Issues.
MerckMRK
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $9.6M
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- −100.0%
- Q3 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q4 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $2.9M | 10 |
| Q1 2023 | $3.3M | 10 |
| Q2 2023 | $3.4M | 11 |
| Q3 2023 | $2.5M | 11 |
| Q4 2023 | $2.4M | 11 |
| Q1 2024 | $2.5M | 11 |
| Q2 2024 | $3.4M | 10 |
| Q3 2024 | $2.5M | 10 |
| Q4 2024 | $2.2M | 10 |
| Q1 2025 | $3M | 12 |
| Q2 2025 | $5.4M | 11 |
| Q3 2025 | $2M | 10 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.4M | 10 |
| Q1 2026 | $4.6M | 9 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.7M | 9 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Medicare and Medicaid$13.8M · 135 reports
- Health issues$13.4M · 125 reports
- Taxation$12.5M · 62 reports
- Animals$4.4M · 6 reports
- Trade$533.2K · 40 reports
- Budget and appropriations$328.3K · 30 reports
- Copyright, patent and trademark$229K · 25 reports
- Pharmacy$40K · 4 reports
- Homeland security$16.7K · 1 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES146 reports
- SENATE132 reports
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)25 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)11 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)10 reports
- White House Office10 reports
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)7 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)6 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)6 reports
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)4 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)2 reports
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)1 reports
- Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)1 reports
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)1 reports
- Treasury, Dept of1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseMerck | $39.1M | 15 quarters |
| Avenue Solutions | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Tarplin, Downs & Young | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Tiber Creek Group | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $750K | 15 quarters |
| W Strategies | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Crossroads Strategies | $600K | 15 quarters |
| Todd Strategy Group | $500K | 15 quarters |
| The Nickles Group | $340K | 6 quarters |
| Capitol Counsel | $270K | 10 quarters |
| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $250K | 11 quarters |
| Harbinger Strategies | $200K | 4 quarters |
| Cornerstone Government Affairs | $80K | 4 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHARLES CLAPTON | Chief Health Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Cmte; Chief Health Counsel, House Ways & Means Cmte; Policy Advisor, Rep. Hastert; Health Policy Dir., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Cmte. | Q2 2026 |
| CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC | Legislative Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Committee; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner | Q2 2026 |
| DANIEL M TODD | Senior Health Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Special Assistant, Office of Admin. Ct. - Medicare & Medicaid | Q2 2026 |
| ELIZABETH T MURRAY | Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham | Q2 2026 |
| EMILY H MURRY | Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority Whip McCarthy; Professional Staff, Republican Study Cmte.; Leg. Aid, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price | Q2 2026 |
| ERIC BERGREN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Brett Guthrie; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Chief of Staff - Rep. Ron Lewis; Intern, Rep. Bill Baker | Q2 2026 |
| JEANNE HAGGERTY | Legislative Correspondent Senator Chuck Grassley and Senate Aging Committee (shared staff), Legislative Aide Senate Finance Committee, Health Policy Coordinator Health Subcommittee Energy and Commerce, Professional Staff Member | Q2 2026 |
| JEFF RECZEK | Dir. CDC Washington, Professional Staff Sen. Appropriations Cmte, Program Examiner OMB, Program Analyst Dept. of Transportation | Q2 2026 |
| JENNIFER B YOUNG | Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance | Q2 2026 |
| MARGARET JOSEPH | CoS for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Bobby Bright, CoS for Rep. Jim Matheson, Clerk for House Rules Cmte. | Q2 2026 |
| MOLLY FROMM | (continued) U.S. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Deputy General Counsel, Parliamentarian, Professional Staff Member; U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, Leg. Asst., Leg. Corr., Staff Asst., Intern | Q2 2026 |
| NICHOLAS UEHLECKE | Senior Advisor, Dept. of Health and Human Services; Professional Staff/Sr. Legislative Assistant, House Ways and Means Subcommittee | Q2 2026 |
| PAMELA SMITH | Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun | Q2 2026 |
| PARICK BRAERTON CARROLL | Leg Asst. Rep. Ray LaHood, Leg Dir. Rep. Kevin Yoder, PSM Senate Appropriations Cmte. | Q2 2026 |
| PAUL EDATTEL | Chief Health Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Policy Assistant, Office of the Speaker; Professional Staff Member for the Majority at the House Energy & Commerce Committee; Legislative Assistant & Legislative Director, Rep. John Shadegg | Q2 2026 |
| PETER FISE | Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on Oversight & Government Reform | Q2 2026 |
| RAISSA H DOWNS | Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte. | Q2 2026 |
| ROBERT BUTORA | Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Representative Leonard Lance, Health Legislative Assistant, Representative Michael Burgess | Q2 2026 |
| TAYLOR SEXTON | Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response, HHS; Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Legislation, HHS; Health Care Policy Fellow, Representative Michael Burgess | Q4 2025 |
| JEFF LUCAS | Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Legislative Assistant/Sr. Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Larry Bucshon | Q3 2025 |
| LAURA FRIEDEL | Leg. Asst., Sen. Zell Miller, Leg. Dir., Sen. Richard Shelby, Clerk, Staff Dir., Sen. Appropriations Committee | Q3 2025 |
| STEPHEN THOMAS VOLJAVEC | Legislative Director, Rep. Vern Buchanan; Legislative Assistant, Senator Marsha Blackburn | Q2 2025 |
| JOHN LEGANSKI | Chief Dep., Speaker Off. '23; Chief Dep., Min. LeaderOff.'22; Floor Dir., Min. Leader Off. '19-'21; Floor Dir., Maj. Leader Off. '17-'19; Dep. Floor Dir., Maj. Leader Off. '16;Floor Assist. Maj. Leader Off. '14-'15; Floor Assist. Maj. Whip Off.'13 | Q1 2025 |
| JONATHAN SLEMROD | Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18,Policy Advisor, Office of the Sen. Republican Whip, '12-'17, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Marco Rubio '11-'12 | Q1 2025 |
| KIMBERLY LINTHICUM | Legislative Director, Representative Bob Franks; Legislative Correspondent, Representative Charles Taylor; Legislative Correspondent, Representative Bill Martini | Q1 2025 |
| KYLE NEVINS | Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-06 | Q1 2025 |
| MANNY ROSSMAN | Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen. Trent Lott 05-06;Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Crane03-04; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Phil Crane 01-02 | Q1 2025 |
| MATTHEW FUENTES | LA - Senate Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer; LA - Senate Democratic Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer; Legislative Aide - Sen. Chuck Schumer; Research Assistant - Senate Finance Committee (Sen. Ron Wyden) | Q1 2025 |
| STEPHANIE MCBATH | Sr. Legis. Asst., Rep. Newhouse; Legis. Asst., Aug., Rep. Newhouse; Legis. Asst./Press Asst., Rep. Stefanik; Intern, Rep. Stefanik. | Q1 2025 |
| STEVE STOMBRES | Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip08-09; Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Deputy Majority Whip04-07; Chief of Staff, Congressman Eric Cantor01-03 | Q1 2025 |
| TED LEHMAN | Chief of Staff, Senator Tillis; Senate Judiciary Committee-Counsel, then Chief Counsel for Nominations and Senior Counsel; Senate Judiciary Committee-Staff Assistant and Legislative Assistant | Q1 2025 |
| ALEC ARAMANDA | Deputy Legislative Director, Leg Asst, Sen. Cruz; Leg Asst, Sen. DeMint. | Q4 2024 |
| CHRISTOPHER W HATCHER | Sch. C, Treasury; Associate Staff, House Rules Committee; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis | Q4 2024 |
| KATHERINE FLEMING COTTON | Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant - U.S. Representative Brett Guthrie | Q4 2024 |
| KIMBERLY LYNN BRANDT | Sr. Counsel and Dir. External Affairs - HHS OIG; Prin. Dep. Administrator for Policy and Operations and Dir. of Medicare Program Integrity - CMS; Chief Oversight and General Counsel - Senate Cmte. on Finance | Q4 2024 |
| NICK BOUKNIGHT | Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Deputy Chief of Staff/ Communications Dir., Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Press Sec., Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Press Sec., Rep. Bill Thomas; Deputy Press Sec., Ways and Means Cmte.; Press Asst., Ways and Means Cmte. | Q3 2024 |
| MARK MIODUSKI | Prof Staff; House Approps Cmte (Obey) | Q4 2023 |
| DANIEL ZIEGLER | Executive Director, Republican Study Committee; Legislative Director for Rep Doug Lamborn | Q3 2023 |
| CHERYL LYNN JAEGER | Shared employee, Ofc of the Speaker & Ofc of VA 07; Sr Policy Adv, Maj Leader, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Republican Whip, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Whip, Rep. Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E & C; Sr LA to Rep. Cox | Q2 2023 |
| AMELIA BREINIG | Dir. of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Deputy Press Secretary, Senate finance Committee; Press Aide, Press Secretary, Rep. Terry; Staff Asst., Sen. Fischer | Q1 2023 |
| CHERYL LYNN JAEGER | Shared employee, Ofc of the Speaker & Ofc of VA 07; Sr Policy Adv, Maj Leader, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Republican Whip, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Whip, Rep. Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E & C; Sr LA to Rep. Cox | Q1 2023 |
| SUSAN HIRSCHMANN | COS, Rep. Van Hilleary and Majority Whip Tom DeLay | Q1 2023 |
| MICHELLE P EASTON | Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin | Q4 2022 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | Tarplin, Downs & Young | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Todd Strategy Group | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | W Strategies | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Avenue Solutions | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $2.3M |
| 07/20for Q2 | The Nickles Group | $70K |
| 07/19for Q2 | Tiber Creek Group | $50K |
| 07/17for Q2 | Crossroads Strategies | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Avenue Solutions | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Crossroads Strategies | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Todd Strategy Group | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $4.2M |
| 04/20for Q1 | Tarplin, Downs & Young | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | The Nickles Group | $70K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $50K |
| 04/18for Q1 | Tiber Creek Group | $50K |
| 04/18for Q1 | W Strategies | $50K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Todd Strategy Group | $50K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | W Strategies | $50K |