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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 258 also fund a PAC

Companies don’t just donate — they hire lobbyists to push (or block) legislation. Federal law makes them disclose it. This ranks the companies and groups that spent the most lobbying Washington in 2025, drawn from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend is the company’s total for the year across everything they lobbied on (the law doesn’t break it down per bill). The ◆ PAC column shows what the same company’s political action committee gives to candidates — the ones doing both, spending to shape laws and funding the people who write them, are worth a closer look.

Filtered to Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend ↑
3001Verizon ›
DC
—$610K
3002Defense Credit Union Council ›
DC
—$620K
3003Liberty Media ›
CO
—$620K
3004Merlin Labs ›
MA
—$620K
3005Hidden Level ›
NY
—$624K
3006Koch Government Affairs Llc (Fka Koch Companies Public Sector Llc) ›
KS
—$630K
3007Mcwane ›
AL
—$630K
3008Orano Usa Llc (Formerly Known As Areva Nuclear Materials Llc) ›
MD
—$630K
3009Texas A&m University System ›
TX
—$630K
3010Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation Broadband Group) ›
DC
—$640K
3011Transport Workers Union Of America Afl-cio ›
DC
—$640K
3012Caci ›
VA
◆ $23K$650K
3013Kropp ›
MD
—$650K
3014Teco Holdings Inc. Formerly Known As Energy ›
DC
—$653K
3015Hanwha Aerospace ›
VA
—$660K
3016Tunica Biloxi Tribe Of Louisiana ›
LA
—$660K
3017Offices Of Bradley Wine O/B/O Regulus Global Llc/Uep Inc.dba Union Technologies ›
MD
—$670K
3018University Of Michigan ›
MI
—$670K
3019W. L. Gore & Associates ›
DE
—$670K
3020American Veterinary Medical Association ›
DC
◆ $39K$675K
3021Cerberus Capital Management ›
NY
—$675K
3022Christians United For Israel Action Fund ›
DC
—$679K
3023Aerovironment ›
VA
◆ $13K$680K
3024Air Space Intelligence ›
MA
—$680K
3025Gecko Robotics ›
PA
—$680K
3026Nokia Of America ›
DC
—$680K
3027Space Exploration Technologies ›
DC
◆ $493K$680K
3028Wounded Warrior Project ›
FL
—$680K
3029Jma Wireless ›
NY
—$685K
3030University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill ›
NC
—$685K
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