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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 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
3091Astranis
CA
$835K
3092Air Line Pilots Association
DC
$429K$840K
3093Battelle Memorial Institute
OH
$840K
3094Carnival Corporation (Fka Carnival North America Llc)
VA
$840K
3095Delta Air Lines
DC
$275K$840K
3096Hawkeye 360
VA
$840K
3097Innovas Indiana
IN
$840K
3098Vantor Parent
CO
$840K
3099Vast Inc. (Fka Vast Space Llc)
DC
$840K
3100Feeding America
DC
$847K
3101Shift5
VA
$850K
3102Elbit Systems Of America
TX
$10K$860K
3103Idemia Identity & Security
VA
$860K
3104Milliken
SC
$860K
3105Home Depot
DC
$526K$860K
3106Fujifilm Holdings America
NY
$863K
3107Arconic
PA
$863K
3108General Atomics Aeronautical
DC
$870K
3109Radiant Industries
CA
$870K
3110Spacex
CA
$870K
3111Business Roundtable
DC
$870K
3112Arizona State University
AZ
$880K
3113Exelon
DC
$10K$880K
3114Prologis
CA
$880K
3115Psiquantum
CA
$880K
3116Solventum
MN
$880K
3117Western Union
CO
$886K
3118American Physical Society
DC
$888K
3119Defi Education Fund
DC
$890K
3120Nemours Foundation - A Florida Not-for-profit
DC
$894K
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